Shanny

Illustrated: Adult nonbreeding shanny; elongated brown-olive mottled blenny with blunt high head, eyes high on head, no tentacles above eyes, long continuous dorsal with dark front spot, rounded tail and small supporting pelvic fins.

Lipophrys pholis

All languages

English: Shanny
Norwegian: tangkvabbe
Japanese: Lipophrys pholis — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
Korean: Lipophrys pholis — Scientific name; Korean name under review
Spanish: Blenio suave
French: Mordocet
German: Schan

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

iNaturalist — draft common-name source
Natural-history identification source