Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 2/4

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) beneath Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK. Photographed during May. English Channel.

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) making a home in a deserved worm tube of a great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa), East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Se...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Portrait of Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) male in bright breeding colours, Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK, July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) in bright summer mating colours, peering out from his home in a discarded tube, where he was guarding his eggs (not visible in this photo), Swanage Pier, Dorse...

Juergen Freund / Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) with a Triplefin blenny resting on it, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Convict blennies / False catfish, juvenile, (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) amidst a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Striped blenny (Parablennius rouxi) looking out of an encrusting sponge covered hole, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Striped blenny (Parablennius rouxi) looking out of hole in rock covered with encrusting sponge, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Male Yellow triplefin blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Striped blenny (Parablennius rouxi) looking out of a hole in a rock covered with encrusting sponge, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Doug Perrine / Wrasse blenny {Hemiemblemaria simulus} in giant brain coral, Bahamas, mimics cleaning wrasse

Chris Newbert / Freckle Face Blenny (Istiblennius chrysospilos) in burrow, five feet deep, Solomon Islands

Sue Daly / Jewel Anemones (Corynactis viridis) and Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). Vingt Clos, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of threatened species of Spain : Blue whale (Balenoptera musculus), Brown bear (Ursus arctos), Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica), Bullhead (Cottus gobio), Iberian Rock Lizard (Lace...

Sue Daly / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) English Channel, off the coast of Sark, Channel Islands, July

Sue Daly / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) English Channel, off the coast of Sark, Channel Islands, July

Norbert Wu / Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus) hiding in coral reef, South Australia, Australia

Christophe Courteau / Common shore crab {Carcinus maenas} + Blenny {Lipophrys pholis} Brittany France

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 4/4

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 3/4

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 1/4

Nick Upton / Common Blenny / Shanny (Lipophrys pholis) hiding under Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) in a rockpool near a Common / Edible periwinkle (Littorina liitorea), Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common Blenny / Shanny (Lipophrys pholis) hiding under Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) in a rockpool near a Common / Edible periwinkle (Littorina liitorea), Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Blenny / Common Blenny / Shanny (Lipophrys / Blennius pholis) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) female camouflaged against habitat, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) portraits, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) head portrait, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) male camouflaged against anemones, Channel Islands, UK May

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) emerging from its tube home in the reef that is covered in a colonial overgrowing Tunicate (Trididemum solidum) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Britis...

Alex Mustard / Roughhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria aspera) male portrait. This species is very small, just 20mm long and 1-2mm deep, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) peering out from a hole in the reef, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) young peering out of its tube on the surface of a great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribb...

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) peering out of a boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) peeking out of a boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Roughhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria aspera) high magnification portrait of a golden variety of living in it's tube on a coral reef, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbea...

Alex Mustard / Diamond blenny (Malacoctenus boehlkei) photographed through a window in a seafan, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Arrow blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro) with a small shrimp in mouth, Babylon, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Sailfin blenny (Emblemaria pandionis) male displaying his large dorsal fin, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Saddled blenny (Malacoctenus triangulatus) close up portrait, showing colour variety from the Cayman Islands with indistinct saddles, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Carib...

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) living in a tube within Boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans). Photo illuminated with a single flash, with restricted beam to create hard lighting. East E...

Alex Mustard / Redlip blenny (Ophioblennius atlanticus) perched on top of a coral reef, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Arrow blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro) hovering above a coral reef, with its tail cocked ready to send its streamlined body shooting forward to catch its prey, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Is...

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) hiding in a discarded pipe, Swanage Pier, Dorset, England, UK, November. Did you know? Tompot blennies are very curious and will often approach divers.

Solvin Zankl / Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) San Pietro Island, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, July

Pete Oxford / Redlip blenny (Ophioblennius macclurei) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Goldline blenny (Malacoctenus aurolineatus) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Shanny / Common Blenny (Blennius / Lipophrys pholis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Shanny / Common Blenny (Blennius / Lipophrys pholis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Roberto Rinaldi / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) amongst fronds of invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia) Strait of Messina, Southern Italy

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Portrait of Montague's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) on pebbly seabed under Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) beneath Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Atlantic warbonnet / Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii) Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Georgette Douwma / Bath's Comb-tooth (Ecsenius bathi) on Sea Squirt (Polycarpa aurata). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Tailspot Blennie (Ecsenius stigmatura) at rest on seasquirt (Polycarpa aurata). Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Sue Daly / Black-face Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) male. Channel Islands, UK, July.

Sue Daly / Portrait of a Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Black-face Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), male. Channel Islands, UK, June.

Sue Daly / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Juergen Freund / Shorthead / Striped poison fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) with open mouth showing the lower fangs. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Striped blenny (Ecsenius prooculis) resting on nudibranch, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Birgitte Wilms / Red-spotted Blenny (Salarias segmentatus)in its burrow, Solomon Islands

Juergen Freund / Fang blenny (Plagiotremus sp.) emerging from its hole. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Blenny (Blenniidae) in its hole on coral reef, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Shorthead fang blenny / Striped poisoned-fang blenny (Petroscirtes breviceps). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Tail spot blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Tail spot blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Tiger blenny (Ecsenius tigris) resting on coral reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny / Bluestriped sabretooth blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) in its hole. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Fergus Gill / Shanny / Common blenny (Lipophys / Blennius pholis) sunbathing in a rockpool. Montrose, Scotland, August .

Georgette Douwma / Starry or Snowflake blennie (Salarias ramosus). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October

Georgette Douwma / Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) mimic of Striped blennie (Meiacanthus grammistes), which possesses a pair of large grooved fangs in the lower jaw with associated venom glands...

Georgette Douwma / Snowflake blenny (Salarias ramosus) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October

Georgette Douwma / Blenny (Cirripectes polyzoa) in coral, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October

Georgette Douwma / Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) mimic of Striped blennie (Meiacanthus grammistes) which possesses a pair of large grooved fangs in the lower jaw with associated venom glands....

Alex Hyde / Common Blenny / Shanny (Lipophrys / Blennius pholis) camouflaged in rockpool. Isle of Mull, Scotland. June 2010.

Michel Roggo / Freshwater blenny (Salaria / Lipophrys fluviatilis) Europe

Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) in kelp forest, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California

Sue Daly / Tompot blenny (Blennius / Parablennius gattorugine) Channel Isles, UK, July

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) resting on rock, Channel Isles, UK, August

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) resting on rock, Channel Isles, UK, August

Laurie Campbell / Shanny {Blennius pholis}, Beadlet anemones {Actinia equina}, Periwinkle and Limpet in rock pool on upper shore, Loch Sunart, Argyl, Scotland, July

Albert Lleal / Ringneck Blenny (Parablennius pilicornis) male with characteristic protrusions branched over each eye, Barcelona, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Male Yellow triplefin blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Striped blenny (Parablennius rouxi) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009