Blue-spot Blenny
Salarias guttatus
- Usual depth0–5 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, September, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Salarias guttatus, the breast-spot blenny or the blue-spot blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Salarias guttatus”, 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: 5 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blue-spot Blenny, Breast-spot Blenny, Breastspot Blenny, Fine-spotted Blenny, speckled blenny
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Blennie ponctuée
- Simplified Chinese
- 胸斑唇齒鳚
Similar species
- Jewelled blenny
Salarias fasciatus
- Ceram Blenny
Salarias ceramensis
- Obscure Blenny
Salarias obscurus
- Fringelip blenny
Salarias sinuosus
Mimic blennyAspidontus taeniatus
Black BlennyAtrosalarias holomelas
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).
- 141 open-data records from 1836 to 2023.
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