The Blarina were a short sentient species that were native to the planet Rina Major who were notably fond of words and were famously accomplished liars. Many other species found it difficult to tell different Blarina apart, which some Blarina used to their advantage when dealing with others. They had a broad face with a short, narrow snout; small, beady eyes; and a mouth full of sharp teeth.

Around thirty years after the Battle of Endor, a Blarina named Wollivan was present in the castle of Maz Kanata shortly before its destruction by the First Order. Around the same time, the Blarina Naka Iit and Ohn Gos worked as a scavenger and a merchant respectively on the desert planet Jakku, and aided the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron in getting off the planet.

The Blarina were a short, pudgy bipedal sentient species who were not especially strong, but made up for it by being incredibly quick, rugged and resourceful. With tough skin, they could survive in both high and low temperature extremes and through decompression, and were resistant to poison and disease. Most other sentient species had trouble telling Blarina apart based on their appearance, with members having broad faces with short, wide snouts and a small pair of eyes with slitted pupils. Below their snout, the Blarina had a mouth with more sharp teeth than a human mouth contained, including incisors. The species’ skin was scaly and could be pink in color, while their eyes could have a golden hue. They had five-fingered hands with claws at the end of each digit.

Blarina were susceptible to the Anoat pox, a disease that left colored marks on the skin amongst other symptoms.

Amongst the most notable traits of the highly sociable Blarina were their fondness for words and speech, which made some members of the species quick with words. They could speak Galactic Basic Standard, and convey sarcasm, despair, delight and amusement through their tones when using the language. The species was also famously known for being accomplished liars, with at least one member of the species often lying about his identity in order to avoid trouble and take advantage of the problems other species had in identifying individual Blarina. They often hissed during speech and made a cackling hiss when delighted. The species were not especially known for their hospitality, although at least one member of the species was sympathetic to others, and another offered a stranger lost in the desert transport to civilization. Blarina would stick together when faced with species of larger size, often forming family-based guilds or mercantile associations.