Blenniinae

Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Blenniinae

Blennius ocellaris
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Blenniidae
Subfamily:  | Blenniinae
Rafinesque, 1810

Blenniinae is one of two subfamilies in the combtooth blenny family Blenniidae, it is the smallest of the two subfamilies in the Blennidae with 16 genera and 95 species.

## Genera

The following genera are classifies as belonging to the Blenniinae:[1]

* Adelotremus Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012
* Aspidontus Cuvier, 1834
* Blennius Linnaeus, 1758
* Enchelyurus Peters, 1868
* Haptogenys Springer, 1972
* Laiphognathus J.L.B. Smith, 1955
* Meiacanthus Norman, 1944
* Oman Springer, 1985
* Omobranchus Valenciennes, 1836
* Omox Springer, 1972
* Parenchelyurus Springer, 1972
* Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830
* Phenablennius Springer & Smith-Vaniz, 1972
* Plagiotremus Gill, 1865
* Spaniblennius Bath & Wirtz, 1989
* Xiphasia Swainson, 1839

## References

1. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 349. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. Retrieved 2019-02-23.

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