Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Redspotted or Caterpillar blenny, 13.0cm

These blennies are common in shallow water on the seaward reef, where they are usually seen with their heads sticking out of holes in the bottom. You can often see them nodding their heads up and down over and over. Males are darker in color than females. Our full body photos were taken by Christina Sylvester, Stan Jazwinski and Jay Lord on shallow reefs.

A dark male with a lighter female poking her head out of a hole.

The image below is from Ken Cone and Beth Van Zummeren at Majuro Atoll.

Created 5 December 2017
Updated 16 October 2021

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