Blennies
24 entries in the Blennies compendium.
BlenniidaeLargest blenny family with comb-like teeth and diverse habitats.Cleaner fishCleaner fish remove parasites and dead tissue from other species.BlennioideiTrue blennies are benthic fish with six families and nearly 900 species.BlenniiformesAn order of percomorph fish including blennies and damselfish.ChaenopsidaeTropical blennies ranging from tiny to 30 cm, inhabiting worm tubes.ClinidaeTemperate blennies with cirri, found in weed and kelp habitats.Combtooth blennyLargest blenny family with comb-like teeth and venomous fangblennies.LabrisomidSmall, stocky blennies of tropical Atlantic and Pacific waters.Threefin blennySmall, colorful reef fish with a three-part dorsal fin.MeiacanthusA genus of venomous combtooth blennies from the Indo-Pacific.PetroscirtesA genus of combtooth blennies with venomous species.CirripectesA large genus of combtooth blennies from the Pacific and Indian oceans.EcseniusA large genus of blennies, some popular in aquariums.IstiblenniusA genus of combtooth blennies with a sail-like dorsal fin.Montagu's blennyA small, scaleless blenny with a fleshy crest between its eyes.ParablenniusA diverse genus of combtooth blennies from three oceans.Sphinx blennyA subtropical combtooth blenny from the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.AcanthemblemariaA genus of chaenopsid blennies with thorn-like spines and cirri.Lucayablennius zingaroThe only known member of its genus, the arrow blenny.EmblemariaA genus of chaenopsid blennies from Pacific and Atlantic oceans.CirrhibarbisThe only known member of its genus, a South African clinid.Climacoporus navalisMonotypic clinid from South African tide pools.ClinoporusMonotypic genus of clinid with double lateral line pores.ClinusA genus of clinids from the southeastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
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