Blennioidei

Taxobox
name = Blennies


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image_caption = Algae blenny, "Salarias fasciatus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Blennioidei
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Blenniidae
Chaenopsidae
Clinidae
Dactyloscopidae
Labrisomidae
TripterygiidaeThe common name blenny is ambiguous at best, as it has been applied to several families of perciform marine, brackish and some freshwater fishes all sharing similar morphology (shape) and behaviour. There are six families considered "true blennies", all grouped together under the suborder Blennioidei; its members are referred to as blennioids. There are approximately 833 species in 130 genera within the suborder.

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These fish are superficially quite similar to members of the goby and dragonet families, as well as several other unrelated families whose members have occasionally been given the name "blenny".

The six "true blenny" families are as follows:

* Blenniidae: combtooth blennies, including the sabre-toothed blennies.
* Chaenopsidae: pikeblennies, tubeblennies and flagblennies.
* Clinidae: clinids, including the giant kelpfish.
* Dactyloscopidae: sand stargazers.
* Labrisomidae.
* Tripterygiidae: threefin blennies.

Gallery

Kona, Hawaii

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Blenny_in_Kona, Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii

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