Mozambique Fangblenny
Meiacanthus mossambicus
- Usual depth3–10 m
- Water temperature27–28 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Meiacanthus mossambicus, the Mozambique fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean where it is known to occur off the coast of eastern Africa as well as Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. This species grows to a total length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). It is sold commercially in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Meiacanthus mossambicus”, 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: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–10 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–28 °C
Photos
(c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Mozambique Fangblenny
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Blennie du Mozambique
Similar species
Eyelash FangblennyMeiacanthus atrodorsalis
Black-banded BlennyMeiacanthus grammistes
- Green Canary Blenny
Meiacanthus tongaensis
Bundoon BlennyMeiacanthus bundoon
Doublepore FangblennyMeiacanthus ditrema
Kamohara BlennyMeiacanthus kamoharai
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).
- 60 open-data records from 1951 to 1992.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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