Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953 is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953

Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953

Cirripectes stigmaticus, the red-streaked blenny, is an Indo-Pacific combtooth blenny sometimes sold for aquariums, growing up to 13 cm long.

Family
Genus
Cirripectes
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953

Cirripectes stigmaticus, commonly called the red-streaked blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny that is native to the Indo-Pacific region. This species occasionally enters the aquarium trade. It can grow to a total length of 13 centimetres, which equals 5.1 inches.

Photo: (c) Erik Schlögl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlögl · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Blenniidae Cirripectes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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