Small-spot Eel-blenny

Congrogadus spinifer

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth17–59 m
Water temperature25–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 4 records
June: 5 records
July: 4 records
August: 10 records
September: 28 records
October: 16 records
November: 8 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 17–59 m · Deepest record: 82 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 15 records
30–40 m: 14 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 7 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C

24–26 °C: 12 records
26–28 °C: 62 records
28–30 °C: 28 records

Names and classification

English: Small-spot Eel-blenny, Small-spot Eelblenny, Spiny Eel-blenny, Spiny Eel Blenny

Other scientific names: Congrogadoides spinifer

Similar species

Ambeetunbeet
Congrogadus subducens
Large-spot Eel-blenny
Congrogadus amplimaculatus
Congrogadus hierichthys
Aru Eelblenny
Congrogadus malayanus
Pilbara Eelblenny
Congrogadus winterbottomi
Lavender Dottyback
Cypho purpurascens

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
140 open-data records from 1929 to 2017.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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