Istiblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The generic name is a compound noun composed of istio the Greek for "sail", referring to the high dorsal fin of the type species, Istiblennius muelleri, and blennius which is derived from a word for "mucus" and refers to the scaleless bodies that characterise the Blenniidae.

[2] The 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

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