Is it the viviparous blenny Pelé suggests? (7)

'is it' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'the viviparous blenny pele suggests?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'pele' is 'eelp' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ou' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?