Blennius
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|20|0}}
Late Miocene to Present{{cite journal
|last=Sepkoski
|first=Jack
|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology
|volume=364
|page=560
|year=2002
|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|accessdate=2008-01-08
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|archivedate=2009-02-20
}}
| image = Blennius ocellaris Messina.jpg
| image_caption = Blennius ocellaris
| taxon = Blennius
}}
Blennius is a genus of combtooth blennies in the family Blenniidae. Its members include Blennius ocellaris, the butterfly blenny.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Blennius| month = February | year = 2013}}
- Blennius normani Poll, 1949
- Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 (butterfly blenny)