In June I spent a week in Croatia together with Jan Ranson, another fish enthusiast. Our goal was to look for blennies while snorkeling in the Adriatic waters. We visited the Islands Krk, Rab and parts of the coastline in the area of Zadar. As we snorkeled at many different locations, the list of observed fish species grew by the day, especially the ones from the suborder Blenniodidei, our target species. At the end of the week we observed 14 species of the familie Blenniidae (real blennies), and 3 species of the familie Tripterygiidae (triplefins), both belonging to the suborder Blenniodidei. That’s the complete list of blennies we were able and hoping to see (full list below the pictures). We had another day left after we achieved this, so on our last day we targetted a goby, the beautiful Chestnut goby, and with success.
Observed species of the suborder Blenniodidei:
Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), Striped blenny (Parablennius rouxi), Rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus), Zvonimir’s blenny (Parablennius zvonimiri), Tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis), Diabolo blenny (Parablennius incognitus), Sphinx blenny (Aidablennius sphynx), Montagu’s blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita), Gurnard blenny (Lipophrys trigloides), Caneva’s blenny (Microlipophrys canevae), Dalmatian blenny (Microlipophrys dalmatinus), Adriatic blenny (Microlipophrys adriaticus), Black-headed blenny (Microlipophrys nigriceps), Peacock blenny (Salaria pavo), Red black-faced triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotum), Yellow black-faced triplefin (Tripterygion delaisi) and Pygmy black-faced triplefin (Tripterygion melanurus)
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