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Muzzled blenny

Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Status not recordedbony fish

The muzzled blenny (Omobranchus punctatus) is a species in the family Blenniidae, order Blenniiformes.

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Quick facts about the muzzled blenny

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the muzzled blenny live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the muzzled blenny as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Brazil
  2. Panama
  3. Trinidad & Tobago
  4. Venezuela

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the muzzled blenny endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the muzzled blenny classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBlenniiformes
  5. familyBlenniidae
  6. genusOmobranchus
  7. SpeciesOmobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Synonyms Aspidontus dasson, Blennechis punctatus, Graviceps punctatus, Omobranchus dasson, Omobranchus japonicus, Omobranchus japonicus scalatus, Omobranchus lineolatus, Petrocirtes kochi, Petroscirtes dispar, Petroscirtes japonicus, Petroscirtes kochi, Petroscirtes lineolatus, Petroscirtes masyae, Petroscirtes semilineatus, Petroskirtes japonicus, Poroalticus sewalli, Salarias decipiens, Salarias helenae, Salarias semilineatus, Salarias sindensis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Japanese blennyEnglish
  • Round-headed blennyEnglish
  • Roundhead blennyEnglish
  • Spotted oyster blennyEnglish
  • slizoun puntíkatýCzech
  • Blennio HocicudoSpanish
  • イダテンギンポJapanese
  • 골베도라치Korean
  • Blênio-rajadoPortuguese
  • ปลาตั๊กแตนหินปากยื่นThai
  • 斑點肩鰓䲁Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the muzzled blenny

Other species in the same genus Omobranchus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the muzzled blenny an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the muzzled blenny as introduced in 4 countries: Brazil, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the muzzled blenny?

The muzzled blenny (Omobranchus punctatus) belongs to the family Blenniidae in the order Blenniiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Muzzled blenny (Omobranchus punctatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/muzzled-blenny

MLA

“Muzzled blenny (Omobranchus punctatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/muzzled-blenny.

BibTeX
@misc{muzzled_blenny_2026,
  title = {Muzzled blenny (Omobranchus punctatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/muzzled-blenny},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}