Blennies, Part 2
35 entries in the Blennies, Part 2 compendium.
Spotfin surfperchA small surfperch with distinctive dark blotches on its fins.GobiesocidaeSmall, cryptic fishes that cling with a powerful sucking disc.Blunt-snouted clingfishA little known clingfish of western Mediterranean intertidal zones.ChorisochismusMonotypic genus of giant clingfish found off southern Africa.DerilissusA genus of small clingfish with attached gill membranes.Diademichthys lineatusA small reef fish with a toxic mucus and a sex-linked snout.GobiesoxClingfish genus with marine, brackish, and unique freshwater species.Gouania (fish)Clingfishes endemic to Mediterranean gravel beaches.LepadogasterClingfishes of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Northern clingfishA small intertidal fish with a powerful suction disc.TomicodonA genus of clingfishes native to the Western Hemisphere.WeedsuckerA clingfish that secures itself with a pelvic sucker.Lipogramma trilineataA deep-reef basslet with blue lines, threatened by invasive lionfish.LabrisomidaeSmall benthic blennioids with cirri, found in tropical Atlantic and Pacific.MalacoctenusA genus of labrisomid blennies from the Atlantic and eastern Pacific.ParaclinusA genus of labrisomid blennies from the Americas.StarksiaA genus of small labrisomid blennies from Atlantic and Pacific waters.OpistognathidaeJawfishes are burrow-dwelling mouthbrooders with large heads and eyes.OpistognathusA genus of jawfishes found in tropical oceans worldwide.Comet (fish)Nocturnal reef fish with a moray eel mimicry defense.DottybackBrightly colored coral-reef fishes, often seen in the aquarium trade.PseudochromidaeDottybacks are basal blenniiforms with around 152 species.PseudochrominaeSmall reef fish with divided lateral line and guarded egg masses.TripterygiidaeThreefin blennies have a dorsal fin split into three parts.HelcogrammaA genus of triplefin blennies with a continuous lateral line.False cleanerfishA combtooth blenny that mimics cleaner wrasses to avoid predation.Butterfly blennyA small blenny with a large eyespot on its dorsal fin.Meiacanthus grammistesA venomous blenny whose venom targets opioid receptors.Bluestriped fangblennyA fangblenny that mimics cleaner wrasse to bite fish.Plagiotremus ewaensisEndemic Hawaiian reef fish with sharp fangs and blue stripes.Plagiotremus goslineiA venomous blenny that bites larger fish for food.Xiphasia matsubaraiEel-like blenny found from surface to nearly 5 km depth.Ophioblennius atlanticusA territorial blenny with large reddish lips and sharp canine teeth.Ophioblennius steindachneriA combtooth blenny of the eastern Pacific coral reefs.Ophioblennius trinitatisA combtooth blenny endemic to southwest Atlantic reefs.
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