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title: "Blennie diabolo"
description: "Parablennius incognitus — Poissons. The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/mystery-blenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blennie diabolo

> Parablennius incognitus — Poissons. The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Parablennius incognitus*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 1739
- Wikidata: [Q1894095](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1894095)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120637](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120637)

## Names

- en: Mystery Blenny
- de: Inkognito-Schleimfisch
- es: Barriguda cornuda
- fr: Blennie diabolo

## Countries with the most observations

ES (513), FR (369), HR (359), IT (177), GR (69), IL (21), PT (21), SI (18), TR (15), RU (8), DZ (7), ME (4)

## Summary

The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is widespread in Madeira, the Canary Islands and Limbe, Cameroon, off Iberian Peninsula to all parts of the Mediterranean including Morocco, the Sea of Marmara, and Black Sea. In the Black Sea it was first found in 2002 near the southern coast of Crimea, Ukraine, and soon become abundant in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent. It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_blenny

## Photo

![Blennie diabolo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mystery-blenny/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/379482394

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mystery-blenny?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).