What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Muzzled Rockskipper been recorded?

Cirripectes castaneus occurrence evidence comes from 1,578 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1944 to 2026. Most records come from New Caledonia.

Muzzled Rockskipper
Muzzled Rockskipper — Photo (display-sized rendition): Elisabeth Morcel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesBlenniidaeCirripectes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,578 records across 33 countries and territories, 1944–2026.

Cirripectes castaneus · GBIF taxon key 2395832

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19442026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Muzzled Rockskipper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Muzzled Rockskipper. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
New Caledonia 973
Seychelles 318
Philippines 109
Egypt 19
Australia 17
Fiji 17
Palau 17
Tonga 16
Vanuatu 15
Mauritius 11
British Indian Ocean Territory 9
Comoros 8
Taiwan 7
Indonesia 6
Japan 5
Papua New Guinea 4
Mozambique 3
China 2
Madagascar 2
Maldives 2
Saudi Arabia 2
Solomon Islands 2
Thailand 2
Yemen 2
Mayotte 2
Cocos Islands 1
Micronesia 1
Kenya 1
Malaysia 1
Réunion 1
Tanzania 1
Vietnam 1
South Africa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Blenniidae.

Red-speckled Blenny
1,691 records
Green Canary Blenny
13 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.