Cirripectes filamentosus
Filamentous Blenny | Collared Blenny | Dusky Blenny | Red-lipped Fringed-blenny
Cirripectes filamentosus, adult, Enderby Island, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Cirripectes filamentosus, Photo: Graham Edgar
Cirripectes filamentosus, Dampier, WA, Photo: Andrew Green
Same Genus
![Cirripectes alboapicalis [green form]](/species//defaultspecies.webp)
![Cirripectes sp. [dark eye]](https://images.reeflifesurvey.com/0/species_a4_575aaaa34e738.w400.h266.JPG)
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Slender blenny with variable coloration, often with lighter belly, eye with gold and red rings. Similar C. alleni (Kimberley Blenny) has light patch on top of eye.
Information
Max Size: 9 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.1-31.3°C
Depth: 0-20 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 17.03
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Frequent (16.2% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Several (6 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields