Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes

Blenniidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*blennies*		subjective synonym

Children

Blenniinae Rafinesque, 1810
Hypleurochlus
Salaria Forsskål, 1775
Salariinae Bleeker, 1859

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): tangkvabbefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: slijmvissen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: combtooth blennies sources: MASDEA (1997).

Norwegian: tangkvabbefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tangkvabbefamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: tangkvabbefamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tangkvabbefamilien

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Blenniidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125519

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Blenniidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=12079