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Blennius

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EntityQ1928709· pop 17· linked from 13 articles

Blennius is a genus of combtooth blennies in the family Blenniidae. Its members include Blennius ocellaris, the butterfly blenny.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Blennius is referenced by 13 other articles, and connects out to Blenniidae, Butterfly blenny and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Blenniinae, Blennius and Extant Miocene first appearances.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

blenny

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyBlenniidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded4,038

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
562
With media
23
Family
Blenniidae
Collections
LSUMZ, CAS, UMMZ, UWFC, NHMUK, CUMV
Recorded in
United States, Brazil, Lebanon, Palau, Australia, Portugal, Ghana, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Blenniidae
Image
Blennius ocellaris Messina.jpg
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taxon name
Blennius
Commons category
Blennius
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Blennius
start time
20000000-0
taxonomic type
Butterfly blenny
taxon common name
babica
taxon author citation
Linnaeus, 1758
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Encyclopedic overview

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Blennius is a genus of combtooth blennies in the family Blenniidae. Its members include Blennius ocellaris, the butterfly blenny.

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Blennius normani Poll, 1949 Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 (butterfly blenny)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blennius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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