User:Glydelc/Cirripectes obscurus

Comments by A. Faucci (Apr 7, 2024):

Nice work on finding lots of great information. To polish your draft before copying it over to the main article please work on the following:


 * Description: This section is all about how they look (size, color, etc.) with possibly some biology (like what they eat, etc.).
 * For example, delete the first sentences or move it to habitat.
 * Make sure all the info makes sense, even if it comes from different sources. For example, for color you have first purplish brown and then pinkish brown. which is it? or you can combine those statements (and cite both sources for the same sentence saying something like: this species has a pink and purple to brown colored body with an orange head.
 * Keep coloration and size separate but be more clear about it. Right now you say they get up to 8 inches in one sentences and then you have that last sentences which is a little convoluted. i would just add 1 sentences saying something like: Cirripectes obscurus averages 5 inches in length but can get as long as 8 inches. Also, maybe add both, inches and mm for all your sizes to be consistent for a worldwide audience.
 * You write something about that there is no black patch. Why is that relevant? or leave it out or clear it up (do the sister species have a black spot? or is it juveniles or male/female?
 * move "are abundant on rocky bottoms at depths ranging from 4 to 20 feet " to Habitat.
 * Distribution & Habitat: First discuss its geographic range (Indo-Pacific), then the habitat. I would delete your 3 sentences and consolidate the rest so it is very clear and not repetitive.
 * Great info on what they eat. i would move that to the end of the Description section.
 * Link each sentence to a reference using the "cite function (see respective training on How to add Citations). delete the references in
 * Make sure your sentences are all in perfect English and grammar and are easily understandable for a worldwide audience.
 * Make sure all your scientific species names are in italics, the genus is written out at the beginning of a sentence.

Cirripectes obscurus, the gargantuan blenny, is a species that belongs to the Blennioidei suborder of the Blenniidae family. It is a combtooth blennies, that can be found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It's perhaps the largest and most colorful of the Hawaiian blennies. It is typically found at depths ranging from one to twenty-five meters.

Description
Cirripectes obscurus, lives in dark holes in the surf zone and is therefore rarely observed. A huge purplish-brown species with white speckles and irregular vertical bands. Nuptial males have a vivid orange head that grows to be eight inches long.There is no black patch behind the eye, dorsal and anal rays, and a dusky anterior dorsal fin membrane that becomes pale or transparent (red in life) distally. The body is rosy brown with small white spots, while the back and tail are dark brown with scattered white dots. Specimens of standard lengths up to 135 mm are abundant on rocky bottoms at depths ranging from 4 to 20 feet (Strasburg, pg.248 . Normally the species average size is normally 5 in in length and the largest size is 7.5 inches amazed by the mere length.

Distribution & Habitat
Cirripectes obscurus is native to the Indo-Pacific region, where it lives on shallow reefs and lagoons. They are commonly found in locations with significant water velocity and are good at sticking to the substrate in these environments. The map illustrates the Indo-Pacific region to which the species of blenny fish(cirripectes obscurus) thrive and live (Cirripectes obscurus (Borodin, 1927) in GBIF Secretariat (2023) It lives in the surge zones of stony and coral reefs and is normally found at depths ranging from 3 to 20 feet (1 to 6 metres), where it feeds on filamentous algae, different protozoans, and debris.