Family

Common name: Blennies

Scientific name: Blenniidae

Blenniidae, commonly known as blennies, are a family of primarily marine fish characterized by their elongated bodies, blunt heads, and comb-like teeth. They are a diverse group, with many species exhibiting unique behaviors such as hopping along the substrate. Blennies are popular in the reefkeeping hobby for their personality and pest algae control. They generally require rockwork or rubble to hide and forage in. Some species can be territorial, so careful selection and monitoring are advised when adding to a community tank.

  1. Lance Blenny - Aspidontus dussumieri living in a hole. Underwater macro world of Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Lance blenny
    Scientific name: Aspidontus dussumieri
  2. False Cleanerfish - Aspidontus Taeniatus in its natural environment
    Common name: False cleanerfish
    Scientific name: Aspidontus taeniatus
  3. Black blenny Atrosalarias fuscus
    Common name: dusky blenny
    Scientific name: Atrosalarias fuscus
  4. Orange Spotted Blenny (Blenniella chrysospilos) in reef tank
    Common name: Redspotted rockskipper
    Scientific name: Blenniella chrysospilos
  5. Common name: White-dotted blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes alboapicalis
  6. Common name: Blackflap blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes auritus
  7. A Chestnut Blenny (Cirripectes castaneus) in the Red Sea, Egypt
    Common name: Spotted-chin blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes castaneus
  8. Common name: Lady Musgrave blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes chelomatus
  9. Common name: Filamentous blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes filamentosus
  10. Orange Spotted Blenny (Blenniella chrysospilos) in reef tank
    Common name: Spotted blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes fuscoguttatus
  11. Common name: Imitator Blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes imitator
  12. Common name: White-speckled blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes obscurus
  13. Common name: Squiggly blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes quagga
  14. Common name: Red-streaked blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes stigmaticus
  15. Common name: Scarface blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes vanderbilti
  16. Common name: Red-speckled blenny
    Scientific name: Cirripectes variolosus
  17. Common name: Fourline coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius aequalis
  18. An Aron's Blenny (Ecsenius aroni) in the Red Sea, Egypt
    Common name: Aron's blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius aroni
  19. Clown blenny Ecsenius axelrodi
    Common name: Axelrod's clown blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius axelrodi
  20. Banda combtooth blenny Ecsenius bandanus
    Common name: Banda comb-tooth
    Scientific name: Ecsenius bandanus
  21. Bath's blenny (Ecsenius bathi), localized, fighting, Komodo, Indonesia
    Common name: Bath's comb-tooth
    Scientific name: Ecsenius bathi
  22. Ecsenius bicolor fish
    Common name: Bicolor blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius bicolor
  23. Two-Spot Combtooth Blenny (Ecsenius bimaculatus)
    Common name: Twinspot coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius bimaculatus
  24. Common name: Collette's coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius collettei
  25. red twocoat coralblenny blenny fish
    Common name: Twocoat coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius dilemma
  26. Clown blenny
    Common name: Fiji clown blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius fijiensis
  27. Common name: Blackstriped combtooth blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius fourmanoiri
  28. Common name: Smoothfin blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius frontalis
  29. The Red Sea mimic blenny (Ecsenius gravieri). Underwaterworlld coral reef near Makadi Bay, Egypt
    Common name: Red Sea mimic blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius gravieri
  30. Shorthead Fangblenny, Kurzkopf-Säbelzahnschleimfisch (Petroscirtes breviceps)
    Common name: Two-stripe Blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius isos
  31. Linear Blenny, Ecsenius lineatus.
    Common name: striped blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius lineatus
  32. Common name: Blue-head combtooth-blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius lividanalis
  33. Common name: Lubbock's coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius lubbocki
  34. Blenny (Ecsenius sp.), Queensland
    Common name: Queensland combtooth blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius mandibularis
  35. Blenny
    Common name: Yellow-eyed comb-tooth
    Scientific name: Ecsenius melarchus
  36. Midas blenny in saltwater reef tank
    Common name: Midas coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius midas
  37. Blenny (Ecsenius sp.), Queensland
    Common name: Minute Blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius minutus
  38. Common name: Monocle coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius monoculus
  39. Wild Wonders of Taiwan
    Common name: Nalolo blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius nalolo
  40. Black Combtooth Blenny  (Ecsenius namiyei)
    Common name: Black comb-tooth
    Scientific name: Ecsenius namiyei
  41. Midas blenny in saltwater reef tank
    Common name: Spectacled coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius oculus
  42. Comical blenny, Ecsenius opsifrontalis, Kosrae Micronesia.
    Common name: Comical blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius opsifrontalis
  43. White-lined combtooth blenny Ecsenius pictus
    Common name: White-lined comb-tooth
    Scientific name: Ecsenius pictus
  44. Common name: Portenoy's Blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius portenoyi
  45. clown coralblenny fish
    Common name: Striped coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius prooculis
  46. Red Sea mimic blenny (Ecsenius gravieri). Underwaterworlld coral reef near Makadi Bay, Egypt
    Common name: Mimic Blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius pulcher
  47. Common name: Randall's Blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius randalli
  48. Tiny Saddled Blenny resting on coral
    Common name: Saddle coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius sellifer
  49. Tailspot blenny, Ecsenius stigmatura,  Raja Ampat Indonesia
    Common name: Tail-spot combtooth-blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius stigmatura
  50. Common name: White-lined coralblenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius taeniatus
  51. tiger cardinalfish (cheilodipterus macrodon)
    Common name: Tiger combtooth blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius tigris
  52. White-spotted combtooth blenny Ecsenius trilineatus
    Common name: Three-lined blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius trilineatus
  53. Yaeyama Blenny
    Common name: Yaeyama blenny
    Scientific name: Ecsenius yaeyamaensis
  54. Close up of yellowfin fringehead blenny
    Common name: Yellowfin blenny
    Scientific name: Enchelyurus flavipes
  55. Exallias brevis, the leopard blenny
    Common name: Leopard blenny
    Scientific name: Exallias brevis
  56. Rockhopper on a rock of the coast of the Seychelles.
    Common name: smoothlipped blenny
    Scientific name: Istiblennius edentulus
  57. Pallid rockskipper (Istiblennius unicolor) jumping on stone over surface of water in coastal zone, Red sea, Egypt
    Common name: Pallid rockskipper
    Scientific name: Istiblennius flaviumbrinus
  58. Common name: Lined rockskipper
    Scientific name: Istiblennius lineatus
  59. Common name: Zebra blenny
    Scientific name: Istiblennius zebra
  60. Common name: Upside-down harptail blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus abditus
  61. Common name: Threadless blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus anema
  62. Eye-Lash Harptail Blenny Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
    Common name: Forktail blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
  63. Common name: Bundoon fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus bundoon
  64. Common name: Two-striped fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus ditrema
  65. Marine life, Liuqiu island, Taiwan
    Common name: Grammistes blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus grammistes
  66. Common name: Kamohara's Fang Blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus kamoharai
  67. Striped Fangblenny, Streifen-Säbelzahnschleimfisch (Meiacanthus lineatus)
    Common name: Yellow-lined harptail blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus lineatus
  68. Common name: Mozambique fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus mossambicus
  69. Blackline fangblenny
    Common name: Blackline fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus nigrolineatus
  70. Common name: Canary Fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus oualanensis
  71. Common name: Twilight Fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus phaeus
  72. Common name: Swallowtail fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus procne
  73. Common name: Disco blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus smithi
  74. Ringneck Blenny – Parablennius pilicornis
    Common name: Green Canary Blenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus tongaensis
  75. Common name: One-striped fangblenny
    Scientific name: Meiacanthus vittatus
  76. Redlip Blenny perched on a coral head - Bonaire
    Common name: devilfish
    Scientific name: Ophioblennius atlanticus
  77. Portrait of Redlip blenny
    Common name: Atlantic Red-Lipped Blenny
    Scientific name: Ophioblennius macclurei
  78. Panamic fanged blenny is lying on the rock. Ophioblennius steindachneri next to Malpelo island. Marine live.
    Common name: Pacific Fanged Blenny
    Scientific name: Ophioblennius steindachneri
  79. Tompot Blenny (Parablennius Gattorugine), Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Croatia
    Common name: Tompot blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius gattorugine
  80. Primer plano de pez Blenio
    Common name: Redlip Blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius goreensis
  81. Mystery blenny fish, Parablennius incognitus, Vermilion Coast, Mediterranean sea, France
    Common name: Molly Miller Blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius incognitus
  82. Male Peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)
    Common name: crested blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius laticlavius
  83. Seaweed Blenny, Parablennius marmoreus
    Common name: seaweed blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius marmoreus
  84. Rock pool blenny (Parablennius parvicornis) in tide pool in Gran Canaria, Spain
    Common name: Rock-pool blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius parvicornis
  85. Male Fringe blenny (Parablennius pilicornis) in Mediterranean Sea
    Common name: Ringneck blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius pilicornis
  86. White blenny Parablennius rouxi
    Common name: longstriped blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius rouxi
  87. Zwergspitz Kopf Schleimfisch
    Common name: Portuguese blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius ruber
  88. Sally Lightfoot Crab in Galapagos island, Ecuador
    Common name: Sally Lightfoot Crab
    Scientific name: Parablennius salensis
  89. The rusty blenny or Black Sea blenny , Parablennius sanguinolentus.
    Common name: Rusty blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius sanguinolentus
  90. Chilean Mussel Blenny
    Common name: Mussel Blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius sierraensis
  91. A blenny in it's natural habitat
    Common name: Tentacled blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius tentacularis
  92. Parablennius zvonimiri - Zvonimir's blenny. Blenny fish.Canaklale Türkiye
    Common name: zoanimir's blenny
    Scientific name: Parablennius zvonimiri
  93. Common name: Arabian fangblenny
    Scientific name: Petroscirtes ancylodon
  94. Striped poison fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) juvenile
    Common name: Striped poison fangblenny mimic
    Scientific name: Petroscirtes breviceps
  95. the wolf fangbelly, Petroscirtes lupus
    Common name: Wolf fangblenny
    Scientific name: Petroscirtes lupus
  96. Highfin Fangblenny Petroscirtes mitratus
    Common name: Miter blenny
    Scientific name: Petroscirtes mitratus
  97. Common name: Xestus sabretooth blenny
    Scientific name: Petroscirtes xestus
  98. Common name: Ewa blenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus ewaensis
  99. Hit And Run Blenny on a reef in the Red Sea egypt
    Common name: Scale-eating fang blenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus goslinei
  100. 水中の水草の間を泳ぐニジギンポ(Striped poison-fang blenny mimic)の姿
    Common name: Bicolour fangblenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus laudandus
  101. Common name: Impostor fangblenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus phenax
  102. Blue lined sabre tooth blenny plagiotremus rhinorhynchos peering out from it's home, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
    Common name: Bluestriped fangblenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos
  103. Piano fangblenny
    Common name: Piano fangblenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
  104. Common name: Townsend's fangblenny
    Scientific name: Plagiotremus townsendi
  105. Algae blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
    Common name: Lawnmower Blenny
    Scientific name: Salarias fasciatus
  106. Underwater photo of Fine-spotted blenny or Salarias guttatus hiding among coral reefs in Andaman Sea. Tropical sea fish on snorkeling or dive on island. Marine life of Thailand
    Common name: Breast-spot blenny
    Scientific name: Salarias guttatus
  107. Starry Blenny or Snowflake Blenny fish - (Salarias ramosus)
    Common name: Starry blenny
    Scientific name: Salarias ramosus
  108. Segmented Sailfin Blenny
    Common name: Segmented blenny
    Scientific name: Salarias segmentatus
  109. Common name: Fringelip blenny
    Scientific name: Salarias sinuosus
  110. Common name: Cape Verde Molly Miller
    Scientific name: Scartella caboverdiana
  111. Scartella cristata
    Common name: Molly miller
    Scientific name: Scartella cristata
  112. Secretary blenny with his mane
    Common name: Maned blenny
    Scientific name: Scartella emarginata