Leopard blenny

Exallias brevis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth3–16 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, August, and September
How commonOccasional

About this species

Exallias brevis, the leopard blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This species can be found in the aquarium trade and is the only known member of its genus.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Exallias”, 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: 8 records
February: 81 records
March: 113 records
April: 66 records
May: 48 records
June: 47 records
July: 66 records
August: 111 records
September: 123 records
October: 82 records
November: 17 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–16 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 247 records
10–20 m: 252 records
20–30 m: 31 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: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 19 records
24–26 °C: 241 records
26–28 °C: 59 records
28–30 °C: 111 records

Names and classification

English: Leopard blenny, Shortbodied blenny, leopard blenny, leopard rockskipper, Leopard Rock Skipper, pao'o kauila, Pink-spotted Blenny, shortbodied blenny, Spotted Coral Blenny

Names in 5 more languages

German: Leoparden-Schleimfisch
Spanish: Blenio Pantera
French: Blennie léopard, Blennie-léopard
Japanese: Sedakagimpo, セダカギンポ
Simplified Chinese: 短多鬚鳚

Other scientific names: Cirripectes leopardus, Exalia brevis, Exalias brevis, Salarias brevis, Salarias leopardus

Similar species

Mimic blenny
Aspidontus taeniatus
Black Blenny
Atrosalarias holomelas
Bluespotted Blenny
Blenniella chrysospilos
Blue-dashed rockskipper
Blenniella periophthalmus
Chestnut blenny
Cirripectes castaneus
Filamentous blenny
Cirripectes filamentosus

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).
1,270 open-data records from 1868 to 2023.

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