Family

Blenniidae

86 species · Animals

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two-eyed blenny

Chalaroderma ocellata (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)

Two-eyed blenny, Chalaroderma ocellata, is a combtooth blenny found off South Africa, reaching 7 cm SL.

Striped Blenny

Chasmodes bosquianus (Lacepède, 1800)

Chasmodes bosquianus, the striped blenny, is a combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic from New York to Florida.

Florida Blenny

Chasmodes saburrae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Chasmodes saburrae, the Florida blenny, is a small demersal blenny native to shallow Gulf of Mexico and southeastern US coastal waters.

Scarface Blenny

Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938)

Cirripectes vanderbilti is a variable-colored blenny found in shallow reefs of the Eastern Central Pacific's Hawaiian and Johnston islands.

Redstreaked Blenny

Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953

Cirripectes stigmaticus, the red-streaked blenny, is an Indo-Pacific combtooth blenny sometimes sold for aquariums, growing up to 13 cm long.

Lady Musgrave blenny

Cirripectes chelomatus Williams & Maugé, 1984

Cirripectes chelomatus (Lady Musgrave blenny) is a western Pacific combtooth blenny that reaches 12 cm total length.

Chestnut Blenny

Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Cirripectes castaneus, the chestnut eyelash-blenny, is a combtooth blenny found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, reaching up to 12.5 cm total length.

Montagu's Blenny

Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) is a small intertidal scaleless fish found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Triplespot Blenny

Crossosalarias macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Springer, 1971

Crossosalarias macrospilus, the Triplespot blenny, is the only member of its combtooth blenny genus found in the Western Pacific, occasionally entering the aquarium trade and growing to 10 cm TL.

Bath's Blenny

Ecsenius bathi Springer, 1988

Bath's comb-tooth (Ecsenius bathi) is a species of combtooth blenny found in western central Pacific coral reefs.

Namiye's Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius namiyei (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)

Ecsenius namiyei, the black comb-tooth blenny, is a western Pacific marine blenny that occasionally enters the aquarium trade.

Lined Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius lineatus Klausewitz, 1962

Ecsenius lineatus is a Indo-West Pacific tropical marine blenny that grows up to 8 cm long.

Bicolor Blenny

Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888)

Ecsenius bicolor, the bicolor or flame tail blenny, is an Indo-Pacific blenny common in the aquarium trade that grows to 11 cm long.

Pictus blenny

Ecsenius pictus McKinney & Springer, 1976

Ecsenius pictus is a small 5 cm combtooth blenny from the central Indo-Pacific that is sold as a commercial aquarium fish.

Midas Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969

Ecsenius midas, the Midas blenny, is a small Indo-Pacific planktivorous marine blenny that occasionally enters the aquarium trade.

Clown Blenny

Ecsenius axelrodi Springer, 1988

Ecsenius axelrodi, Axelrod's blenny, is a small combtooth blenny species native to coral reefs of the western central Pacific.

Palespotted Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954)

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis is a small species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs of the western Pacific and Indian oceans, sold as a commercial aquarium fish.