Filamentous blenny
Cirripectes filamentosus
- Usual depth1–10 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cirripectes filamentosus, the filamentous blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. This species reaches a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 21 records
- April: 45 records
- May: 41 records
- June: 24 records
- July: 26 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 20 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 28 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 26.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Photos
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by portioid · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by portioid · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Filamentous blenny, Collared Blenny, Dusky Blenny, filamentous blenny, Red-lipped Fringed-blenny
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Oborogetategamikaeruuo, オボロゲタテガミカエルウオ
Other scientific names: Cirripectes indrambaryae, Salarias cruentipinnis, Salarias filamentosus
Similar species
Chestnut blennyCirripectes castaneus
Barred blennyCirripectes polyzona
Red-streaked blennyCirripectes stigmaticus
Imitator BlennyCirripectes imitator
Spotted Eyelash BlennyCirripectes springeri
- Flaming blenny
Cirripectes perustus
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).
- 874 open-data records from 1877 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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