Coral Blenny
Istiblennius edentulus
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
- Istiblennius
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 37 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 10 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 10 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 27 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 8 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 33 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 24 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 7 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 11 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 13 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 7 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 15 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 27 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 35 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 7 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 16 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 16 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 16 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 64 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 24 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 29 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 121 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 17 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 17 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 3 records