Definition of Blennius pholis

1. Noun. European scaleless blenny.

Exact synonyms: Shanny
Generic synonyms: Blenny, Combtooth Blenny
Group relationships: Blennius, Genus Blennius

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blennius Pholis

Blattella germanica
Blattidae
Blattodea
Blavatskian
Blavatskyan
Blaí Briugu
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
Blechnum spicant
Blender
Blenheim
Blenheim spaniel
Blenniidae
Blennioidea
Blennius
Blennius pholis
Blephilia
Blephilia celiata
Blephilia hirsuta
Bleriot
Blessed
Blessed Trinity
Blessed Virgin
Bletia striata
Bletilla
Bletilla striata
Bleulerian
Blida
Bligh
Blighia

Literary usage of Blennius pholis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1852)
"... reptile for a fish of our seas, the blennius pholis. (Voyage a la Terre Ferme.) The blennius pholis (smooth blenny), is called by the French baveuse ..."

2. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during by Alexander von Humboldt (1885)
"... takes this reptile for a fish of our seas, the blennius pholis. (Voyage a la Terre Ferme.) The blennius pholis (smooth blenny), is called by the French ..."

3. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by George Louis Faber (1883)
"Habit. Dalmatia (Lesina, Lissa, Curzola); but very rare. 184. blennius pholis, L. Phocis laevis, Flcm. The Smooth Blenny, the Shanny, Shan, Smooth Shan. ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"Among the typical Blennies, considerably resembling the FIG. 13.—SMOOTH BLENNY (blennius pholis). Wolf-fish in shape, but of relatively pigmy proportions, ..."

5. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1852)
"... reptile for a fish of our seas, the blennius pholis. (Voyage a la Terre Ferme.) The blennius pholis (smooth blenny), is called by the French baveuse ..."

6. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during by Alexander von Humboldt (1885)
"... takes this reptile for a fish of our seas, the blennius pholis. (Voyage a la Terre Ferme.) The blennius pholis (smooth blenny), is called by the French ..."

7. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by George Louis Faber (1883)
"Habit. Dalmatia (Lesina, Lissa, Curzola); but very rare. 184. blennius pholis, L. Phocis laevis, Flcm. The Smooth Blenny, the Shanny, Shan, Smooth Shan. ..."

8. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"Among the typical Blennies, considerably resembling the FIG. 13.—SMOOTH BLENNY (blennius pholis). Wolf-fish in shape, but of relatively pigmy proportions, ..."

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