Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Blenniella periophthalmus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Blenniella
Where to Find
Found in 43 diving areas across 27 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 21 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 21 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 12 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 10 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 11 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 14 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 10 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 28 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 18 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records