Squiggly blenny

Cirripectes quagga

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–7 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsApril and September
How commonRare

About this species

Cirripectes quagga, also known as the squiggly blenny or zebra blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cirripectes quagga”, 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: 0 records
February: 6 records
March: 9 records
April: 35 records
May: 18 records
June: 19 records
July: 15 records
August: 9 records
September: 22 records
October: 14 records
November: 8 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–7 m · Deepest record: 660 m

0–10 m: 93 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 23 records
26–28 °C: 67 records
28–30 °C: 68 records

Names and classification

English: Squiggly blenny, squiggly blenny, Zebra Blenny

Names in 2 more languages

French: Blennie zébrée
Japanese: Makasuminokaeruuo, マーカスミノカエルウオ

Other scientific names: Cirripectes guagga, Cirripectes lineopunctatus, Cirripectus lineopunctatus, Rupiscartes quagga

Similar species

Chestnut blenny
Cirripectes castaneus
Filamentous blenny
Cirripectes filamentosus
Barred blenny
Cirripectes polyzona
Red-streaked blenny
Cirripectes stigmaticus
Imitator Blenny
Cirripectes imitator
Spotted Eyelash Blenny
Cirripectes springeri

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).
410 open-data records from 1924 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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