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Red-black Triplefin

Tripterygion tripteronotum

Also known as: Blackface Blenny, Black-faced Blenny, Mediterranean Triplefin, Threefin, Threefin Blenny, Triplefin

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2026
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Adult
@SailingBenH · Crete, Greece · July 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found over very shallow rocky shores of coastal reefs.
Widespread Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea

These Blenny related fish have three fins which gives them their name "Triplefins"

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotchesspots
Head & Mouth
black face

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Mediterranean, Black Sea
  • Exact location · 1
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Found over very shallow rocky shores of coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyTripterygiidae
    6. genusTripterygion
    7. speciesTripterygion tripteronotum (Risso, 1810)

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    More in the family

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