Axelrod's Clown Blenny
Ecsenius axelrodi
- Usual depth7–34 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober, November, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Ecsenius axelrodi, known commonly as the Axelrod's clown blenny or the Axelrod's combtooth blenny, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies. It is found in shallow water on coral reefs in the western central Pacific Ocean. It was first described by Victor Gruschka Springer in 1988 and named in honour of the American ichthyologist Herbert Richard Axelrod.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 23 records
- December: 20 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–34 m · Deepest record: 46 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Photos
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Axelrod's Clown Blenny, Axelrod's Combtooth-Blenny, Clown Blenny
Names in 1 more languages
- Spanish
- Blenio Payaso
Similar species
Bicolor BlennyEcsenius bicolor
Great Barrier Reef BlennyEcsenius stictus
Coral BlennyEcsenius yaeyamaensis
Fourline BlennyEcsenius aequalis
Aron's blennyEcsenius aroni
Australian BlennyEcsenius australianus
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).
- 81 open-data records from 1978 to 1998.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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