Latin name: Parablennius gattorugine
Size: up to 20cm long
Colour: red-brown with vertical dark stripes
Habitat: lower shore in rockpools and in holes and crevices
Facts:
Size: up to 20cm long
Colour: red-brown with vertical dark stripes
Habitat: lower shore in rockpools and in holes and crevices
Facts:
- An inquisitive, curious and comical looking fish often seen by divers, especially around shipwrecks
- A pair of distinctive feathery tentacles on the forehead tells this fish apart from the other blennies
- They have hairy (feathery) nostrils
- Males guard the eggs until they hatch
- They have sharp teeth so watch your fingers if you try to catch one
