#2213 · 🐟 fish
Black-faced Blenny
🇳🇱 Gele drievinnige slijmvis ·Tripterygion delaisi
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- 1. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Sylvie Omnès · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
The yellow black-faced blenny ( Tripterygion delaisi ) is a small benthic fish from the family Tripterygiidae (triplefin-blennies). It occurs at depths of -3 to -40 m and lives on the substrate under large rocks, cliffs or other overhangs.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,871 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1970 (56 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black-faced Blenny
- Nederlands
- Gele drievinnige slijmvis
- scientific name
- Tripterygion delaisi
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Blenniiformes
- family
- Tripterygiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,424
- sightings worldwide
- 2,871
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1970
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Tripterygiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118642, Wikidata Q2301939, GBIF 2393095, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.