Redstreaked Blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz 1953

Other Names: Red-streaked Blenny, Reticulated Blenny

A Redstreaked Blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus, on the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas, Queensland, February 2005. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A dark brown combtooth blenny with a red reticulate pattern anteriorly becoming spots and wavy lines posteriorly, and a yellow-ringed pupil inside a red outline. Large individuals are dark green to blackish with red spots on the head and red spots to vertical streaks on the sides.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Cirripectes stigmaticus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1056

Redstreaked Blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz 1953

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Distribution	Scott Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, to the Moreton Bay region, Queensland; also Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits reef flats and the top of reef slopes, with rich coral and algae growth, usually at depths to 10 m.
Features	Dorsal XII, 14-16; Anal fin II, 15-17; Pectoral fin 15; Pelvic fin I, 4; Caudal fin procurrent rays 10-14; Gill rakers 23-30' Vertebrae 30-32. Lateral line without scales and scalelike flaps, Llat tubes 1-10 (usually 3-8), canal ending below 7th dorsal-fin ray to caudal-fin base. Lower lip smooth mesially, plicate laterally. Upper lip crenulae 35-52.Cephalic pore system simple; no pores at extra interorbital position; a pore present behind nuchal flap on each side. Cirri, supraorbital 7-22, nasal 8-29; nuchal 34-47, in 4 groups, ventralmost group borne on slightly expanded nuchal flap on each side.Dorsal-fin membrane attached to caudal fin, with deep notch above last spine, first spine slightly higher than second.
Feeding	Small herbivores, often seen in shallow surge-zone habitats.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin stigmaticus (= marked) "in reference to the white and dark spots".
Species Citation	Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz 1953, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 43(4): 132, fig. 2. Type locality: Lagoon reef, Rongerik Atoll, Latoback Island, Marshall Islands.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Redstreaked Blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz 1953

References

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