Butterfly blenny Butterfly blenny The butterfly blenny ("Blennius ocellaris") is a small marine blenniid fish of Northern and Western Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Seas and Morocco. It can grow as large as in length. It is usually found at a depth of down, especially in areas with a rocky floor. The butterfly blenny has 11–12 dorsal spines, 14–16 dorsal soft rays, 2 anal spines and 15–16 anal soft rays. It has tentacles on the nasal opening, above the eye and on the nape near the first dorsal fin ray. The lateral line is discontinuous. The forward part of
Sphinx blenny Sphinx blenny The Sphinx blenny ("Aidablennius sphynx") is a species of combtooth blenny, and the only species in the genus "Aidablennius". It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1836, originally under the genus "Blennius", and was later reassigned under ""Aidablennius"" by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1947. It is a subtropical blenny known from Morocco, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also from the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Sphinx blennies inhabit shallow, rocky waters in the littoral zone, with sunlight exposure. They feed primarily on benthic algae, weeds and invertebrates. Sphinx blennies can measure up to long in total length. In