- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- BLENNIIDAE
- Blenniella
- chrysospilos
Redspotted Rockskipper, Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857)
Other Names: Goldspotted Rockskipper, Red-spotted Blenny
A Redspotted Rockskipper, Blenniella chrysospilos, at Lady Elliot Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Source: Geoff Shuetrim / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A tan to whitish combtooth blenny with many reddish spots on the head, a series of H-shaped bars along the sides, numerous small pale bluish spots and dashes on the lower sides, and a vertically-elongate dark spot or blotch behind the eye. Females have 8 pairs of narrow reddish to dusky bars on the sides.
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Blenniella chrysospilos in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1895
Redspotted Rockskipper, Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857)
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from Point Quobba (24°29'S) to Rowley Shoals (17°05'S), WA, and from Boot Reef (10°03'S) to Moreton Bay, QLD; also at Cocos (Keeloing) Islands. Occurs elsewhere in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits exposed fringing reefs and shallow reef crests. |
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Species Citation |
Salarias chrysospilos Bleeker, 1857, Acta Societ. Scient. Indo-Neerland. 2: 66. Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Redspotted Rockskipper, Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Bleeker, P. 1857. Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 2: 1-102.
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Springer, V.G. 1971. Synopsis of the Tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces : Blenniidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 73: 1-72 figs 1-50
Springer, V.G. & Williams, J.T. 1994. The Indo-west Pacific blenniid fish genus Istiblennius reappraised: a revision of Istiblennius, Blenniella, and Paralticus, new genus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 565: 1-193 figs 1-73
