ETYM Latin blennius, blendius, blendea.
Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling; SYN. combtooth blenny.
Long, slender, spiny-rayed marine fish.
Any fish of the family Blenniidae, mostly small fishes found near rocky shores, with elongated slimy bodies tapering from head to tail, no scales, and long pelvic fins set far forward.