Black-lined Blenny
Istiblennius lineatus
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 32 diving areas across 19 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 11 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 18 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 8 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 5 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 26 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 32 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 10 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 25 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 27 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 27 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 24 records