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IllustrationSquiggly blenny
Cirripectes quagga
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Squiggly blenny
- Scientific
- Cirripectes quagga
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 19 m (usually 0 to 10 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A dark blenny with fine pale squiggly markings, reaching about 10 cm. It lives on algal ridges and crests between surge channels of exposed reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cirripectes-quagga.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.