Blennioidei

Blennies Temporal range: Early Eocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Ophioblennius steindachneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758
Families
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Blennies (from the Greek ἡ βλέννα and τό βλέννος, mucus, slime) are a diverse clade of ray-finned fish in the suborder Blennioidei of the percomorph order Blenniiformes. They inhabit marine, brackish, and occasionally freshwater habitats, and generally share similar morphology and behaviour. About 151 genera and nearly 900 species have been described within the order.^[1]