FB-4396 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Blenniidae Cirripectes Cirripectes obscurus (Borodin, 1927) Gargantuan blenny Obscure blenny fish White-speckled blenny Pāo'o Exallias obscurus Borodin, 1927 1991-06-11 2014-02-03 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Williams, J.T.0 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) Tinker, S.W.0 Fishes of Hawaii, a handbook of the marine fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service Inc., Honolulu. 568 p. (Ref. 583) Borodin, N.A.0 A new blenny from the Hawaiian Islands. Am. Mus. Novit. 281:1-2. (Ref. 629) Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Randall, J.E.0 Guide to Hawaiian reef fishes. 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(Ref. 58302) Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of blennies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 482 p. (Ref. 93609) Watson, W.0 Larval development in blennies. pp. 309-350. In Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor (eds.) The biology of blennies. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA. 482 p. (Ref. 94114) State of hawaii0 Field keys to common Hawaiian marine animals and plants. State of Hawaii, 78 p. (Ref. 122652) State of hawaii0 SWAP species fact sheets. https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/hswap/fact-sheets/ [Accessed 13/08/2020]. (Ref. 122680) FB-pic-4396-8053 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-08 2010-07-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases surge zone http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ciobs_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ciobs_u0.jpg FB-pic-4396-8054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-08 2000-02-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ciobs_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ciobs_u1.jpg Locality: Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. FB-pic-4396-27651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 2000-08-31 2010-07-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ciobs_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ciobs_u2.jpg Locality: Makapuu, Oahu, Hawaii. FB-GeneralDescr-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Occur in the surge zone of rocky and coral reefs less than 6 m deep (Ref. 529, 9710, 58302). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114). Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-01 00:00:00 2013-07-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Diagnosis: Dorsal fin XII, 16, membrane attached to caudal fin, with deep notch above last spine, first spine almost same or slightly higher than second; anal fin II, 17; pectoral rays 15; pelvic fin I, 4; caudal fin procurrent rays 10-14. Vertebrae 10 + 22. LL, without scales but with scalelike flaps irregularly spaced along anterior part of LL; LL tubes 0-10 (usually 0-8), canal ends on caudal fin base. Lower lip crenulated mesially but plicate laterally. Upper lip crenulae 41-50. Gill rakers 26-30. Cephalic sensory pore complex. Cirri, supraorbital 10-26, nasal 14-42; nuchal 36-47, grouped into 2 that sometimes overlap at midpoint on nape, without nuchal flaps. Head spotted; behind each eye are pupil-sized dark spots; iris yellowish in females, orange in males; ventral surface reddish brown in males, golden brown in females. Body brown with spots, male with spots not reaching to caudal fin base, female spots white becoming lavender posteriorly up to caudal fin base (Ref. 529). Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) FB-Morphology-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-08-01 00:00:00 2013-07-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 31 - 33 Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) FB-Distribution-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Eastern Central Pacific: native to the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 3921) and Midway Islands (Ref. 28618). Randall, J.E. 1985 Guide to Hawaiian reef fishes. Harrowood Books, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA. 74 p. (Ref. 3921) FB-Uses-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial Miyasaka, A. 1993 A database on scientific and common names of fishes exported from Hawaii. The information was derived from the above mentioned database. A printout of the names is also available from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Ref. 5358) FB-LifeCycle-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4396&StockCode=4592 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Urogenital orifice of male genital papilla located at distal tip of a slender filament on a fleshy swelling behind anus; elongated testes with length equal to 2 to 3 times its width (Ref. 529). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2004-04-02 00:00:00 2013-07-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public obscurus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Occur in the surge zone of rocky and coral reefs less than 6 m deep (Ref. 529, 9710, 58302). Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) FB-Size-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases 13.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 529)) Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-06-11 00:00:00 2014-02-03 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4396 reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 529) Williams, J.T. 1988 Revision and phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus <i>Cirripectes</i>. Indo-Pac. Fish. (17):78 p. (Ref. 529)