Butterfly Blenny

Type: Marine Fish
Title: Butterfly Blenny
Common Name: Butterfly Blenny
Scientific Name: Blennius ocellaris
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Blennius
Species: Blennius ocellaris
Short Description: Adults are found over hard bottoms. Mainly nocturnal, they mainly feeds on invertebrates, often feeds on algae present on the promontories (Rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast). Eggs are demersal and adhesive and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal. Bottom spawners. Eggs are laid under mussel-shells or stones and guarded by the male. Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters.
• Most blenny species are not a common food source /commercially fished for human consumption due to their small size and presence of venom in some species.
• Butterfly blennies are preyed upon by larger fish like moray eels, snappers, groupers, striped bass, bluefish and weak fish. These predators often hunt them in areas with crevices and vegetation where butterfly blennies seek refuge.
Location Description: Promontories of kerala coast from Varkala to the Kovalam.

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