Banded Fringe Blenny
Cirripectes variolosus
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
- Cirripectes
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 12 countries and 3 regions.
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 45 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 10 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 34 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 18 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 34 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 353 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records