Species details : Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Accepted scientific name:
Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Ophioblennius atlanticus  (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms:
Blennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Blennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Blennophis webbi Valenciennes, 1843 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Blennophis webbi Valenciennes, 1843
Blennophis webbii Valenciennes, 1843 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Blennophis webbii Valenciennes, 1843
Cynoscartes atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cynoscartes atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Ophioblennius atlanticus atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophioblennius atlanticus atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Ophioblennius trinitatis (non Miranda Ribeiro, 1919) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Ophioblennius trinitatis (non Miranda Ribeiro, 1919)
Ophioblennius webbii (Valenciennes, 1843) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophioblennius webbii (Valenciennes, 1843)
Parablennius pilicornis (non Cuvier, 1829) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Parablennius pilicornis (non Cuvier, 1829)
Rupiscartes atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rupiscartes atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Salarias atlanticus Valenciennes, 1836 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Salarias atlanticus Valenciennes, 1836
Scartichthys atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scartichthys atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Barroca - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Mané-caradjo - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Mané-marutche - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Manel-caralho - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Manelinho - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Rødlæbet slimfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Devilfish - English St Helena Click here to show the literature
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Redlip blenny - English - Click here to show the literature
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Redlip blenny - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Redlip blenny - English USA(St. Paul's Rocks, Brazil) Click here to show the literature
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紅唇真蛇鳚 Hong chun jhen she wei Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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红唇真蛇鳚 Hong chun zhen she wei Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Alcaboz - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Alcabroz - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Caboz - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Rói anzóis - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Velha - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Blénido lucio - Spanish Venezuela(Los Roques Island) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Blenniidae FishBase
Genus Ophioblennius FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: oceanic islands and along the coast of west Africa from Senegal to Angola. Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (USA) through the Caribbean to Brazil. Rare in northern Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Williams, J., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=3768
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f673b2cc-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401