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a thumb-sized fish with the personality of a bar bouncer and the face of a Muppet
means a small, often blunt-headed fish of the family Blenniidae and related groups, typically found in shallow coastal and tidal waters, where it lurks in crevices and defends its patch with outsized attitude
from From Latin blennius, a name for a kind of fish, borrowed in turn from Greek blennos — a word that meant something like 'slime' or 'mucus,' and was used to describe both the fish and (insultingly) a dull, sluggish person. So the blenny was named, fittingly enough, for being a small slimy thing.
- fang factor
- Some pack venomous fangs that numb predators' mouths
- escape act
- Mimic fish flee while attackers droop, dazed and confused
- land lover
- Pacific leaping blennies live on rocks, dodging waves
- home base
- They squat in empty shells and barnacle holes
- big eyes
- Eyes swivel independently to scan for trouble
midas blenny — aggressive yellow fish species found in indo-pacific coral reefs, known for territorial behavior
striped blenny — small fish inhabiting rocky intertidal zones of the atlantic coast, can breathe air out of water
peacock blenny — mediterranean species with distinctive eye spots and combs, lives in rocky crevices at depths up to 50 meters