Rosy Blenny
Malacoctenus macropus
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
- Labrisomidae
- Genus
- Malacoctenus
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 20 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 6 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 8 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 4 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 13 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 269 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 8 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 23 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 30 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 42 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 101 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 82 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 26 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 20 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 4 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 4 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 12 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 6 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 200 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 84 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 27 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 96 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 88 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 7 records
- Utila, Honduras - 94 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 4 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 7 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 10 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 6 records