Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Tripterygiidae > Tripterygion > Tripterygion delaisi

Tripterygion delaisi (Black-faced blenny)

Synonyms: Tripterygion atlanticus; Tripterygion delaisi delaisi; Tripterygion delaisi xanthosoma; Tripterygion xanthosoma; Trypterigion delaisi xanthosoma
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Wikipedia Abstract

The black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from the English Channel to the coast of western Africa as far south as Senegal. This species is up to 6 centimeters long. It lives in crevices at depths of 5 to 40 meters. It feeds on micro-crustaceans. When threatened it freezes rather than swimming away, relying on its cryptic color patterning to disguise it against the substrate.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fal and Helford 15785 England, United Kingdom    
Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs 3577 England, United Kingdom
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries 15820 England, United Kingdom
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Omalogyra atomus (atom snail)[1]
Papillicardium minimum[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Serranus atricauda (Blacktail comber)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Trophic relationships in an intertidal rockpool fish assemblage in the gulf of Cádiz (NE Atlantic), E.M. Velasco, M.C. Gómez-Cama, J.A. Hernando, M.C. Soriguer, Journal of Marine Systems 80 (2010) 248–252
2Feeding habits, seasonal and ontogenetic diet shift of blacktail comber, Serranus atricauda (Pisces: Serranidae), from the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic, Telmo Morato, Ricardo Serrão Santos, José Pedro Andrade, Fisheries Research 49 (2000) 51-59
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0