Hair Tailed Blenny
Xiphasia setifer
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
- Xiphasia
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records