black-face blenny

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The black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) is a small benthic fish from the family Tripterygiidae (triplefin-blennies). It occurs at depths of 3 to 40 metres (9.8 to 131.2 ft) and lives on the substrate under large rocks, cliffs or other overhangs.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970

Name authority

Cadenat & Blache, 1970

Common name

black-face blenny

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Blenniiformes

Family

Tripterygiidae

Genus

Tripterygion

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.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderBlenniiformes
11. familyTripterygiidae Whitley, 1931
12. subfamilyTripterygiinae Whitley, 1931
13. genusTripterygion Risso, 1827
14. speciesTripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Tripterygion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 171 records assigned to Tripterygiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

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.

1. Cadenat, J., & Blache, J. (1970). Description d’une espèce nouvelle, Tripterygion delaisi sp. nov., provenant de l’île de Gorée (Sénégal) (Pisces, Clinidae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2: 41 (5) [1969]: 1097–1105. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:58ZL5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.