crested blenny
Parablennius laticlavius
- Usual depth5–26 m
- Water temperature12–21 °C
- Best monthsOctober and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The crested blenny is a species of combtooth blenny found off New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands to depths of between 1 and 3 metres. This species reaches a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Crested blenny”, 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: 59 records
- February: 59 records
- March: 57 records
- April: 57 records
- May: 35 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 66 records
- November: 107 records
- December: 59 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–26 m · Deepest record: 32.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 12–21 °C
Photos
(c) M Rutherford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) leafveiled, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- crested blenny
Other scientific names: Blennius laticlavius, Tarablennius laticlavius
Similar species
fringe blennyParablennius pilicornis
False Tasmanian BlennyParablennius intermedius
BlennyParablennius tasmanianus
horned blennyParablennius cornutus
False Tasmanian BlennyParablennius postoculomaculatus
Yatabe BlennyParablennius yatabei
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).
- 305 open-data records from 1973 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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