Red Sea mimic blenny
Ecsenius gravieri
- Usual depth3–16 m
- Water temperature29–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Alain Feulvarch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Ecsenius gravieri, the Red Sea mimic blenny, is a blenny from the Western Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8 cm in length. The specific name honours the French zoologist Charles Gravier (1865–1937), the collector of the type.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ecsenius gravieri”, 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: 6 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–16 m · Deepest record: 16 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–30 °C
Photos
(c) Micha Baum, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Jono, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Red Sea mimic blenny
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Blennie mimétique de mer Rouge
Other scientific names: Ecsenius klausewitzi, Ecsenius klausewitzii, Salarias gravieri
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).
- 32 open-data records from 1969 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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