Lady Musgrave Blenny
Cirripectes chelomatus
- Usual depth1–13 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Prior · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cirripectes chelomatus, the Lady Musgrave blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cirripectes chelomatus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 21 records
- February: 35 records
- March: 22 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 24 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 47 records
- September: 69 records
- October: 72 records
- November: 87 records
- December: 31 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 20.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Photos
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) amfstocker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Lady Musgrave Blenny
Similar species
Chestnut blennyCirripectes castaneus
Filamentous blennyCirripectes filamentosus
Barred blennyCirripectes polyzona
Red-streaked blennyCirripectes stigmaticus
Red-head BlennyCirripectes vanderbilti
Red-speckled blennyCirripectes variolosus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 350 open-data records from 1944 to 2018.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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