Fish of the Blennius genus of the Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) family of the Blenniiformes (blenny) order of the Ovalentaria clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Butterfly blenny. Photo by © Gianni Neto. fishbase.org)
Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 10-400 meters. It dwells near a sandy and silty bottom. The maximum recorded length is 20 cm. It feeds on crustaceans, worms. It has nocturnal habits.
(Butterfly blenny. Photo by © Francesco Pacienza. flickr.com/photos/francescopacienza)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris) in other languages as follows:
Barburiqi i detit (Albanian), Риба пеперуда (Riba peperuda) (Bulgarian), Zeevlinder (Dutch), Βουλοσαλιάρα (Vuljosaliara) (Greek), Torillo (Spanish), Bavosa occhiuta (Italian), Seeschmetterling (German), Ślizgowiec oczyk (Polish), Marachomba-borboleta (Portuguese), Морская собачка–бабочка (Morskaja sobachka–babochka) (Russian), Dubinska babica (Serbian, Croatian), Okata babica (Slovenian), Kelebekhorozbina balığı (Turkish), Blennie papillon (French).