Saltwater
Black-faced blenny
Tripterygion delaisi
Tripterygiidae, Tripterygiinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 8.9 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 28 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mauritania, Portugal, and 6 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Adults inhabit shallow coastal waters with rocky substrate. They are found under overhanging rocks, entrances of caves and other biotopes with reduced light. In the Atlantic, they occur in shallow, light-exposed biotopes. They feed on benthic invertebrates, also on harpacticoids, amphipods and other copepods. Males court by figure-8-swimming. Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites. Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Tripterygion atlanticus
- Tripterygion delaisi delaisi
- Tripterygion delaisi xanthosoma
- Tripterygion melanurum
- Tripterygion nasus
- Tripterygion tripteronotus
In other languages
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Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.