What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Eye-lash Harptail Blenny been recorded?

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis occurrence evidence comes from 760 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2025. Most records come from Guam.

PerciformesBlenniidaeMeiacanthus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

760 records across 19 countries and territories, 1902–2025.

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis · GBIF taxon key 2395868

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: May.

11 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

19022025

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

Where Eye-lash Harptail Blenny has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Eye-lash Harptail Blenny. 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
Guam 265
American Samoa 190
Northern Mariana Islands 90
Philippines 64
Fiji 28
Micronesia 22
Indonesia 17
Palau 14
Vanuatu 11
Solomon Islands 10
United States 10
Wallis & Futuna 10
Australia 6
Japan 6
Papua New Guinea 6
Marshall Islands 5
New Caledonia 4
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
Samoa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Blenniidae.

Red-speckled Blenny
1,691 records
Muzzled Rockskipper
Muzzled Rockskipper
1,578 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.