Genus: Ophioblennius, Fanged Blennies, Fanged Blenny
cirri: nape - 1pr bunches, eye - 1 simple
D XII, no notch
large canine rear bottom jaw
gill opening side & belly
LL: 2 parts, 2nd part short
OPHIOBLENNIUS
FANGED BLENNIES
Elongate, compressed; short blunt head with steep front profile; single cirri at nostril and eye, and two bunches on nape; teeth numerous, movable, a large, curved canine tooth at rear on each side of lower jaw; gill openings wide, open below body; dorsal fin XII, without notch between spiny & soft parts; fin rays unbranched, except on tail fin; lateral line in 2 disconnected, overlapping parts, second part short, with 10 or fewer tubes; no scales.
A tropical to subtropical genus with 7 species, with 5 found in the east and west Atlantic and 2 in the tropical eastern Pacific; one endemic in the Greater Caribbean.
