WoRMS taxon details
Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953
219255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219255)
accepted
Species
Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Strasburg, D. W.; Schultz, L. P. (1953). The blenniid fish genera Cirripectus and Exallias with descriptions of two new species from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (4): 128-135. [details]
Description Typically found on coral reefs in the surge zone.
Description Typically found on coral reefs in the surge zone. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219255 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Strasburg, D. W.; Schultz, L. P. (1953). The blenniid fish genera Cirripectus and Exallias with descriptions of two new species from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (4): 128-135. [details]
original description (of Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953) Strasburg, D. W.; Schultz, L. P. (1953). The blenniid fish genera Cirripectus and Exallias with descriptions of two new species from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (4): 128-135. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953) Strasburg, D. W.; Schultz, L. P. (1953). The blenniid fish genera Cirripectus and Exallias with descriptions of two new species from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (4): 128-135. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Typically found on coral reefs in the surge zone. [details]Spelling Genus spelled Cirripectus in <130> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted blenny | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus RAD106806-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus RAD106806-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectus fuscoguttatus USNM 113634 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectus fuscoguttatus USNM 113634 type radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus RAD106806-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectes fuscoguttatus RAD106806-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectus fuscoguttatus USNM 113634 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirripectus fuscoguttatus USNM 113634 type radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Cirripectus fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
