Family : Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Chestnut eyelash-blenny
Fish Name : Cirripectes castaneus
Max size : 12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 0 - 32 m
Climate : tropical; 35°N - 35°S
Global Importance : aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Tonga, north to southern Japan; south to Lord Howe Island; Palau, Ifaluk, and Kapingamarangi in Micronesia.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 11-13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 14-16; Vertebrae: 29-31. Body color variable; head with spots and lines; iris with irregular red ring around outer part of eye, narrow yellow ring around pupil, with black between the rings. Cephalic sensory pore pattern simple; 1 pore behind each nuchal flap. Scales absent. Bright yellow (sometimes red in males) on upper caudal-fin rays. Cirri, nuchal 29-44, nasal 6-49, supraorbital 6-49; nuchal cirri in 4 groups, ventralmost group on each side borne on slightly expanded nuchal flap. Dorsal fin deeply incised above the last spine.
Biology : Occurs in wave-swept algal ridge (Porolithon ridge) of outer reef flats. Usually found on rocky and coralline substrates at depths less than 10 m. Usually seen in small loose groups spread over sections of reef (Ref. 48636). In the Red Sea, it has been collected as deep as 30 m, 32 m at Rowley Shoals off Western Australia. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T.
Main Ref : Williams, J.T.. 1988. (Ref. 529)

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Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses