Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae Combtooth blennies
Subfamily: Salariinae
Genus: Parablennius

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26 species (see list below)
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Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Parablennius cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Parablennius cornutus
[]
No picture found
 
Parablennius cyclops
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Parablennius dialloi
[]

Photo by Pilling, I.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Parablennius gattorugine
[Tompot blenny]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic.
Max. Length 7 cm SL
Parablennius goreensis (Valenciennes, 1836)

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Parablennius goreensis
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Parablennius incognitus (Bath, 1968)

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Parablennius incognitus
[]

Photo by Voorwinde, S.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby, 1915)

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Parablennius intermedius
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Parablennius laticlavius (Griffin, 1926)

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Parablennius laticlavius
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4 cm SL
Parablennius lodosus (Smith, 1959)

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Parablennius lodosus
[Mud blenny]

Photo by Burek, Joyce/Frank

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 1876)

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Parablennius marmoreus
[Seaweed blenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Parablennius opercularis (Murray, 1887)

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Parablennius opercularis
[Cheekspot blenny]

Photo by Pais, M.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Parablennius parvicornis (Valenciennes, 1836)

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Parablennius parvicornis
[Rock-pool blenny]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 12.7 cm SL
Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829)

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Parablennius pilicornis
[Ringneck blenny]

Photo by Groeneveld, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean

Parablennius postoculomaculatus Bath & Hutchins, 1986

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Parablennius postoculomaculatus
[False Tasmanian blenny]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)

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Parablennius rouxi
[]

Photo by Villegas Ríos, D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 14.1 cm TL
Parablennius ruber (Valenciennes, 1836)

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Parablennius ruber
[Portuguese blenny]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Parablennius salensis Bath, 1990

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Parablennius salensis
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814)

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Parablennius sanguinolentus
[Rusty blenny]

Photo by Prior, S.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
Parablennius serratolineatus Bath & Hutchins, 1986

Photo by Photo by Prior, S.
 
Parablennius serratolineatus
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Central Atlantic

Parablennius sierraensis Bath, 1990

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Parablennius sierraensis
[]

Photo by Groeneveld, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean (Aus
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson, 1842)

Photo by Photo by Groeneveld, R.
 
Parablennius tasmanianus
[Tasmanian blenny]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich, 1768)

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Parablennius tentacularis
[Tentacled blenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.2 cm TL
Parablennius thysanius (Jordan & Seale, 1907)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Parablennius thysanius
[Tasseled blenny]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.9 cm TL
 
Parablennius verryckeni
[]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Parablennius yatabei (Jordan & Snyder, 1900)

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Parablennius yatabei
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Mediterranean Sea and Bla
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Parablennius zvonimiri (Kolombatović, 1892)

Photo by Photo by Patzner, R.
 
Parablennius zvonimiri
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parablennius cornutus Southeast Atlantic 15 SL 1758
Parablennius cyclops Western Indian Ocean 1830
Parablennius dialloi Eastern Central Atlantic 4.9 SL 1990
Parablennius gattorugine Tompot blenny Northeast Atlantic 30 TL 1758
Parablennius goreensis Eastern Atlantic. 7 SL 1836
Parablennius incognitus Eastern Atlantic and Medi 8 TL 1968
Parablennius intermedius Western Pacific 12 TL 1915
Parablennius laticlavius Southwest Pacific 8 TL 1926
Parablennius lodosus Mud blenny Western Indian Ocean 4 SL 1959
Parablennius marmoreus Seaweed blenny Western Atlantic 8.5 TL 1876
Parablennius opercularis Cheekspot blenny Western Indian Ocean 6 TL 1887
Parablennius parvicornis Rock-pool blenny Atlantic Ocean 12 SL 1836
Parablennius pilicornis Ringneck blenny Eastern Atlantic 12.7 SL 1829
Parablennius postoculomaculatus False Tasmanian blenny Eastern Indian Ocean 1986
Parablennius rouxi Northeast Atlantic 8 TL 1833
Parablennius ruber Portuguese blenny Eastern Atlantic 14.1 TL 1836
Parablennius salensis Eastern Central Atlantic 6 TL 1990
Parablennius sanguinolentus Rusty blenny Eastern Atlantic 20 TL 1814
Parablennius serratolineatus Southwest Pacific 3.1 SL 1986
Parablennius sierraensis Eastern Central Atlantic 1990
Parablennius tasmanianus Tasmanian blenny Eastern Indian Ocean (Aus 13 TL 1842
Parablennius tentacularis Tentacled blenny Eastern Atlantic 15 TL 1768
Parablennius thysanius Tasseled blenny Indo-West Pacific 6.2 TL 1907
Parablennius verryckeni Eastern Atlantic 4.9 TL 1959
Parablennius yatabei Northwest Pacific 9 TL 1900
Parablennius zvonimiri Mediterranean Sea and Bla 7 TL 1892



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