Fish of the Parablennius genus of the Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) family of the Blenniiformes (blenny) order of the Ovalentaria clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Tompot blenny. Photo by © Paul Newland. marlin.ac.uk)
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits a depth of 3-32 meters. It occurs above a rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 30 cm; specimens up to 17 cm long are more common. It feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and worms.
(Tompot blenny. Photo by © Thomas Changeux. flickr.com/photos/129062076)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) in other languages as follows:
Peshk guri (Albanian), Gehoornde slijmvis (Dutch), Ταινιοσαλιάρα (Teniosaliara) (Greek), Cabruza (Spanish), Bavosa ruggine (Italian), Gestreifter Schleimfisch (German), Ślizg prążkowany (Polish), Lula (Portuguese), Cucosel (Romanian), Тупорылая собачка (Tuporylaja sobachka) (Russian), Slingurica mrkulja (Serbian, Croatian), Velika babica (Slovenian), Bantli horozbina (Turkish), Blennie gattorugine (French).