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Yellow blackfaced blenny
Tripterygion delaisi
Distribution: From the North Atlantic to Senegal Channel Mediterranean. Habitat: Pretty territorial , especially during breeding , the Triptérygions live in rock, battered by the waves to more than 20 meters deep area. Near the surface , it is common to see them share the small holes with rock blennies . Description: Body halfway between the blenny and small Grondin, the Tripterygion is a very elegant fish. The rays of the fins are colored like the body , they are finely chopped . Shaped snout small beak . The body and fins are mottled reddish brown , the back is adorned with five white spots . During breeding season , the male is bright yellow with a black head . Food : Nestled in the holes of the rocks, leaving only their head, they come out from time to time for planktonic animal feed. They are diurnal fish. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Blennioidei | Family: | Tripterygiidae | |
| Genus: | Tripterygion | Species: | delaisi | Descriptor: | Cadenat & Blache, 1970 |  |