Patagonian Blenny

Eleginops maclovinus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth139–263 m
Water temperature7–17 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Pablo Silva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The Patagonian blennie, also known as the rock cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the monotypic family Eleginopidae and monotypic genus Eleginops. It is found in coastal and estuarine habitats around southernmost South America.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Patagonian blennie”, 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: 32 records
February: 23 records
March: 12 records
April: 27 records
May: 46 records
June: 31 records
July: 865 records
August: 231 records
September: 273 records
October: 121 records
November: 11 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 139–263 m · Deepest record: 1,077.3 m

0–10 m: 13 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 11 records
110+ m: 597 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 7–17 °C

6–8 °C: 365 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 420 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Leonel Roget, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) River Ahlquist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

English: Patagonian Blenny, Rock Cod

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Robalito, Róbalo, Róbalo de piedra, Róbalo patagónico, Santa Cruz
Japanese: ダイリンノト

Other scientific names: Aphritis porosus, Eleginus maclovinus, Pseudaphritis porosus

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).
1,626 open-data records from 1883 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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