Blenniini
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Sea butterfly ( Blennius ocellaris ) |
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| Rafinesque , 1810 |
In the tribe Blenniini the least specialized genera of the slimy fish (Blenniidae) are summarized. They are characterized by an undifferentiated dentition. Premaxillary and dentals have uniform incisors . The fish become five to eight inches long.
Occurrence
Four species live close to the coast in the eastern Atlantic , including the sea butterfly on the coasts of Europe and in the western Mediterranean .
Systematics
Today only five species in two genera are counted among the Blenniini. Most of the species that used to belong to the Blenniini family now belong to the comb-toothed mucus fish .
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Blennius
- Blennius normani Poll, 1949
- Sea butterfly ( Blennius ocellaris ) Linnaeus, 1758
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Spaniblennius
- Spaniblennius clandestinus Bath & Wirtz, 1989
- Spaniblennius riodourensis (Metzelaar, 1919)
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .