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title: "Rusty Blenny"
description: "Parablennius sanguinolentus — Vissen. The rusty blenny or Black Sea blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic: Loire mouth, France to Morocco including the Mediterranean and Black Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rusty-blenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rusty Blenny

> Parablennius sanguinolentus — Vissen. The rusty blenny or Black Sea blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic: Loire mouth, France to Morocco including the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

- Scientific name: *Parablennius sanguinolentus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3716
- Wikidata: [Q2041380](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2041380)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118686](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118686)

## Names

- en: Rusty Blenny
- de: Blutstriemen-Schleimfisch
- es: Lagartina
- fr: Blennie palmicorne

## Countries with the most observations

GR (678), ES (660), IT (569), HR (564), FR (495), TR (109), RU (87), UA (71), AL (47), SI (41), ME (38), MT (38)

## Summary

The rusty blenny or Black Sea blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic: Loire mouth, France to Morocco including the Mediterranean and Black Sea.  This species reaches a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.

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

## Photo

![Rusty Blenny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rusty-blenny/medium.jpg)

Photo: Niklas Wahlberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/380411041

## Machine access

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