The butterfish, also known as the gunnel, is another species quite closely related to the blennies, though again not in the true blenny family. |
Stay a while and you might see a fierce territorial dispute between a pair of the shannies or other blenny species. |
Hiding in a red sponge I found a little blenny which modelled for me like a professional. |
There are several other species to look out for, including the less-common Yarrels blenny, the black-faced blenny, the shanny and the butterfish. |
Seen much less frequently than the tompot and shanny, the Yarrell's blenny is not actually a true blenny, but belongs to a related family. |
Our favourite thing to find was an astonishingly wriggly fish called a blenny. |