Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Blenniiformes > Family Tripterygiidae > Subfamily Tripterygiinae > Genus Tripterygion

Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tripterygion*	Risso, 1827	accepted genus name
*Tripterygium*		orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: black-face blenny; black-faced blenny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

French: tripterygion sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

Greek: Μελανοπρόσωπος γωβιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: תלתנית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karabas baligi

Literature

original description	Cadenat, J.; Blache, J. (1970). Description d'une espèce nouvelle, Tripterygion delaisi sp. nov., provenant de l'île de Gorée (Sénégal) (Pisces, Clinidae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sér. 2: 41 (5) [1969]: 1097-1105.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase images (Tripterygion delaisi, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127090