Blenniidae
Pearl Blenny
Entomacrodus nigricans Gill, 1859
Entomacrodus nigricans, the pearl blenny, is a small Atlantic comb-tooth blenny adapted to out-of-water survival in intertidal habitats.
Seaweed Blenny
Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 1876)
Parablennius marmoreus (seaweed blenny) is a small blenny species native to shallow western Atlantic waters.
Rock-pool Blenny
Parablennius parvicornis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Parablennius parvicornis, the rock-pool blenny, is an eastern central Atlantic combtooth blenny that lives in rock pools and mostly eats algae.
Longstriped Blenny
Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)
Parablennius rouxi, the longstriped blenny, is a small combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic and northern Mediterranean.
Zvonimir's Blenny
Parablennius zvonimiri (Kolombatovic, 1892)
Zvonimir's blenny is a combtooth blenny found in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, reaching up to 7 cm total length.
Tompot Blenny
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parablennius gattorugine (tompot blenny) is a large, uniquely marked blenny found in European coastal and Mediterranean waters.
Rusty Blenny
Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814)
Parablennius sanguinolentus is a combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea, growing up to 20 cm long.
Tentacled Blenny
Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich, 1768)
Parablennius tentacularis, the tentacled blenny, is a brackish-water demersal combtooth blenny found in parts of Europe and western Africa.
Mystery Blenny
Parablennius incognitus (Bath, 1968)
Parablennius incognitus, the mystery blenny, is a small combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean/Black seas.
Ringneck Blenny
Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829)
Parablennius pilicornis, the ringneck blenny, is a widely distributed combtooth blenny and the type species of genus Parablennius.
Crested Blenny
Parablennius laticlavius (Griffin, 1926)
Parablennius laticlavius, the crested blenny, is a combtooth blenny found in the southwestern Pacific, growing up to 8 cm long.
Monkey Blenny
Parablennius goreensis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Parablennius goreensis is an eastern Atlantic combtooth blenny named after its Senegalese type locality, reaching 7 cm SL.
Horned Blenny
Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby, 1915)
Parablennius intermedius is a combtooth blenny found near Australian coasts, growing up to 12 cm total length.
False Tasmanian Blenny
Parablennius postoculomaculatus Bath & Hutchins, 1986
The false Tasmanian blenny (Parablennius postoculomaculatus) is a demersal tropical combtooth blenny native to western Australia.
Tasmanian Blenny
Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson, 1842)
Parablennius tasmanianus, the Tasmanian blenny, is a small herbivorous combtooth blenny found around Australia and New Zealand.
East Atlantic Redlip Blenny
Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Ophioblennius atlanticus, the redlip blenny, is a small Atlantic blenny with well-documented mating and nesting behaviors.
Panamic Fanged Blenny
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Ophioblennius steindachneri, the large-banded blenny, is an oviparous blenny found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Caribbean Redlip Blenny
Ophioblennius macclurei (Silvester, 1915)
Ophioblennius macclurei, the redlip blenny, is a western Atlantic coral reef combtooth blenny reaching 12.2 cm total length.
Sphinx Blenny
Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836)
Aidablennius sphynx, the sphinx blenny, is the only species in the genus Aidablennius, a subtropical combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
Alticus monochrus is an oviparous tropical combtooth blenny from the western Indian Ocean that feeds on benthic algae.
Dusky blenny
Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther, 1872)
Atrosalarias holomelas, the brown coral blenny, is a Pacific coral reef combtooth blenny sold in the aquarium trade, reaching 14.5 cm long.
Redspotted Rockskipper
Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Blenniella chrysospilos, the red-spotted blenny, is an algae-eating combtooth blenny popular in aquariums, found in Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
Bullethead Blenny
Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Blenniella gibbifrons is a combtooth blenny species found in coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
looseskin blenny
Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836)
Chalaroderma capito, the looseskin blenny, is a South Atlantic combtooth blenny that reaches up to 20 cm SL.
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