Fish of the Parablennius genus of the Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) family of the Blenniiformes (blenny) order of the Ovalentaria clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Rusty blenny. Photo by © Robert A. Patzner. fishbase.org)
Rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus) was first described in 1814 by the Prussian and Russian naturalist and traveler Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811).
It inhabits at depths of up to 1 meters. Usually occurs near the border of a clean bottom and filamentous algae. The maximum recorded length is 20 cm; specimens up to 12.5 cm long are more common. It feeds mainly on algae.
(Rusty blenny. Photo © tokaiki.net)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus) in other languages as follows:
Barburiqi i ndryshkët (Albanian), Ръждива морска кучка (Rizhdiva morska kuchka) (Bulgarian), Lagartina (Spanish), Bavosa sanguigna (Italian), Blutstriemen-Schleimfisch (German), Обыкновенная морская собачка (Obyknovennaja morskaja sobachka) (Russian), Babica balavica (Serbian, Croatian), Babica papagajka (Slovenian), Baveuse (French).