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Black-faced blenny - Tripterygion delaisi
Why black-faced but not black-faced?
In the mating season, males have a brightly coloured yellow body, blue edged fins and jet black heads. Females and non territorial males (out of the breeding season) are grey-brown (or reddish) with vertical dark bars. Females have the ability to mimic their background.
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1553
This means I still have to catch an image of a horny male to really document this species and justify the black-faced name. Absolutely pending in my diving agenda! :-D
The black-faced blenny is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from the English Channel to the coast of western Africa as far south as Senegal.
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