Cirripectes polyzona

(Bleeker, 1868)

Vernacular names
English : Barred blenny
French : Blennie barrée

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Blenniiformes
Family : Blenniidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Red and yellow eyes. Body dark red-brown with vertical pale grey bars. Reticulated reddish-brown head with grey-white blotches. Juveniles tan and white with lateral band on flanks.

Range and habitat
Indo-Pacific, from South Africa to Kiribati, south Japan and south Great Barrier Reef. Found around algal ridges and ridge crests of exposed coral reefs, in shallow coastal waters.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is widespread and common, even occurring within protected areas. May be vulnerable to habitat destruction in the future but this needs to be re-evaluated.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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