Cirripectes variolosus

Cirripectes variolosus, the red-speckled blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2]

Cirripectes variolosus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. variolosus
Binomial name
Cirripectes variolosus
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Salarias variolosus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Istiblennius variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Salarias sebae Valenciennes, 1836
  • Cirripectes sebae (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Salarias nigripes Seale, 1901
  • Ophioblennius clarki Reid, 1943

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes variolosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342402A48394299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342402A48394299.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes variolosus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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