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title: "Black-faced Blenny"
description: "Tripterygion delaisi — Peixes. The black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) is a small benthic fish from the family Tripterygiidae (triplefin-blennies)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-faced-blenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-faced Blenny

> Tripterygion delaisi — Peixes. The black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) is a small benthic fish from the family Tripterygiidae (triplefin-blennies).

- Scientific name: *Tripterygion delaisi*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2807
- Wikidata: [Q2301939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2301939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118642](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118642)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Blenny
- de: Gelber Spitzkopf-Schleimfisch
- es: Moma
- fr: Triptérygion jaune

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1098), ES (821), PT (213), HR (134), IT (133), GR (45), JE (43), GB (40), MC (18), MT (13), SI (12), CY (3)

## Summary

The black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) is a small benthic fish from the family Tripterygiidae (triplefin-blennies). It occurs at depths of 3 to 40 metres (9.8 to 131.2 ft) and lives on the substrate under large rocks, cliffs or other overhangs.

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

## Photo

![Black-faced Blenny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-blenny/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jérémy Capelle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382741285

## Machine access

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