tompot blenny
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Parablennius gattorugine
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Open encyclopedia reference
The tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) is a species of combtooth blenny from the north eastern Atlantic Ocean which is found in shallow, coastal waters off western Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa.
Wikipedia contributors, Tompot blenny; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:34:01.708372+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- tompot blenny
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Parablennius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyBlenniidae Rafinesque, 1810
- subfamilySalariinae Gill, 1859
- genusParablennius Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
- speciesParablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Parablennius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby, 1915) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius laticlavius (Griffin, 1926) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius opercularis (Murray, 1887) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius parvicornis (Valenciennes, 1836) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius postoculomaculatus Bath & Hutchins, 1986 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius salensis Bath, 1990 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius sierraensis Bath, 1990 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson, 1842) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parablennius yatabei (Jordan & Snyder, 1900) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Parablennius gattorougine (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Blennius varus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Blennius ruber Valenciennes, 1836 Valenciennes, 1836 | ambiguous synonym |
| Blennius gattorugine Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126770 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4CMHT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.