🐠 Ember Blenny (Cirripectes stigmaticus)
A Reddish-Brown Body With Vivid Orange-Red Spotting • A Mixed Diet Grazer, Unlike Most Blennies • An Inquisitive, Frequently Visible Personality
 
📋 The Ember Blenny, also known as the Red-Streaked or Scarlet-Spotted Blenny, has a reddish-brown to blackish body dotted with vivid orange-red spotting, giving it a warm, glowing appearance against live rock.
It comes from a wide range across the Indo-Pacific, from Kenya and Mozambique through the Indian Ocean to the Marshall and Samoan Islands, spending its day perched on rock and coral rubble, grazing algae and inspecting crevices for planktonic snacks. Every Ember Blenny we ship is feeding well.
Unlike many blennies that are almost purely herbivorous, the Ember Blenny benefits from a mixed diet including meaty foods alongside algae, a detail worth knowing, since relying on algae alone won't fully meet its nutritional needs. It's generally peaceful, though it can become territorial toward conspecifics or similarly shaped blennies, and males are typically noticeably larger than females with more pronounced colouration during breeding. It's reef safe, generally won't harm corals if consistently well-fed. It reaches up to 12.7cm, so a 210L tank suits it well.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Warm Reddish Spotted Colouration: A glowing appearance against rockwork
🍽️ Mixed Diet Grazer: Needs both algae and meaty foods, unlike most blennies
🌿 Reef Safe: Generally won't harm corals if consistently well-fed
🧠 Beginner Friendly: Hardy and peaceful with appropriate tankmates
👀 Inquisitive Personality: Frequently visible, perching to survey its territory