Blenniidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Blenniidae
Genera (58):
Adelotremus – Aidablennius – Alloblennius – Alticus – Andamia – Antennablennius – Aspidontus – Atrosalarias – Bathyblennius – Blenniella – Blennius – Chalaroderma – Chasmodes – Cirripectes – Cirrisalarias – Coryphoblennius – Crossosalarias – Dodekablennos – Ecsenius – Enchelyurus – Entomacrodus – Exallias – Glyptoparus – Haptogenys – Hirculops – Hypleurochilus – Hypsoblennius – Istiblennius – Laiphognathus – Lipophrys – Litobranchus – Lupinoblennius – Meiacanthus – Microlipophrys – Mimoblennius – Nannosalarias – Oman – Omobranchus – Omox – Ophioblennius – Parablennius – Parahypsos – Paralipophrys – Paralticus – Parenchelyurus – Pereulixia – Petroscirtes – Phenablennius – Plagiotremus – Praealticus – Rhabdoblennius – Salaria – Salarias – Scartella – Scartichthys – Spaniblennius – Stanulus – Xiphasia

Name

Blenniidae Rafinesque, 1810

References

Primary references

Rafinesque, C.S. 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20. [Information from Catalog of Fishes]

Additional references

Bath, H., 1965: Hypleurochilus phrynus n. sp. Erstmaliger Nachweis der Gattung Hypleurochilus Gill im Mittelmeer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 46 (4): 251–255.
Bath, H., 1966: Blennius arboreus n. sp., ein neuer Schleimfisch aus dem Mittelmeer (Pisces, Blennioidea, Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 47 (3): 211–216.
Bath, H., 1968: Untersuchung von Blennius zvonimiri Kolombatovic und Beschreibung von Blennius incognitus n. sp. aus dem Mittelmeer (Pisces, Blennioidea, Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 49 (5): 367–386.
Bath, H., 1992: Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Salarias Cuvier 1817 (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 72 (1/3): 35–44.
Bath, H., 1992: Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Salarias Cuvier 1817 von den Philippinen und von Westaustralien (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 72 (4/6): 225–236.
Bath, H. & J.B. Hutchins, 1986: Die Blenniini des australischen Raums und Neuseelands mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 66 (4/6): 167–213.
Bath, H. & R.A. Patzner, 1991: Beitrag zur Blenniiden-Fauna der Insel Bali. Senckenbergiana Biologica 71 (1/3): 35–57.
Bath, H. & J.E. Randall, 1991: Synopsis der Gattung Salarias Cuvier 1817 mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 71 (4/6): 245–258.
Bath, H. & P. Wirtz, 1989: Spaniblennius clandestinus n. g., n. sp. der Tribus Blenniini van W-Afrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Gattung Blennius Linnaeus 1758 (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 69 (4/6): 277–291.
Hundt, P. J., Iglésias, S. P., Hoey, A. S. & Simons, A. M. 2014 [epub 2013]. A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha: Blennioidei: Blenniidae): Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 47–56. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.001 .Reference page.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Rose, J.M. 2012: Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). Zootaxa, 3249: 39–46. Preview
Springer, V.G., 1968: Osteology and classification of the fishes of the family Blenniidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 284: 1–85. Plates: 1–11.
Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page.

Links

Blenniidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Genera of Blenniidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Blennies
čeština: Slizounovití
Deutsch: Schleimfische
English: Combtooth blennies
suomi: Luikerot
français: Blennies à dents de peignes
hrvatski: Slingurke
magyar: Nyálkáshalfélék
italiano: Bavose
lietuvių: Jūros šuniukai
Nederlands: Naakte slijmvissen
norsk: Tangkvabber
polski: Ślizgowate
русский: Собачковые
ไทย: ปลาตุ๊ดตู่, ปลาตั๊กแตนหิน, ปลาเบลนนี่
中文: 鳚科

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