Tompot blenny inquisitive and are often seen by scuba divers. Tompots are usually a deep brown/orange, and are distinguished by a pair of lappets (tentacles) above the eyes and seven or more darker stripes along the body. It feeds on sea anemones or crustaceans. As most fish, tompots harbour several species of parasites, including the capillariid Nematode "Pseudocapillaria bainae". This parasite has been found in the intestine of specimens caught off Italy and Montenegro. Its biology is unknown. Tompot blenny The tompot blenny ("Parablennius gattorugine") is a medium-sized blenny growing to about , part of the large family of blennies that live
Seaweed blenny Seaweed blenny The seaweed blenny ("Parablennius marmoreus") is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of New York, Bermuda, the Bahamas, also in the Gulf of Mexico, south to southern Brazil. This species reaches a length of TL. The seaweed blenny has a blunt head, a beak-like snout and a long, slender body. It grows to a maximum length of about . The mouth contains about forty comb-like incisors and above the eyes there are tufts of branched cirri (slender, fleshy structures). The gill slits are continuous across the throat.