Family Blenniidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Blenniidae
Parent taxon: Blennioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Agiadi et al. 2020 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Chaenopsidae, Clinidae, Dactyloscopidae, Labrisomidae, Tripterygiidae
Subtaxa: Blenniidarum Blennius Clinus Exallias Parablennius Paranarrhichas Salaria Tripterygion
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (3), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), France (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Namibia (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences