Mystery blenny
The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It is widespread in Madeira, the Canary Islands and Limbe, Cameroon, off Iberian Peninsula to all parts of the Mediterranean including Morocco, the Sea of Marmara, and Black Sea.[3] In the Black Sea it was first found in 2002 near the southern coast of Crimea, Ukraine, and soon become abundant in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent.[4] It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Parablennius |
Species: | P. incognitus |
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Parablennius incognitus (Bath, 1968) | |
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Parablennius incognitus
References
- Antonio Di Natale; Murat Bilecenoglu; Michel Bariche; Can Bizsel; Enric Massuti; Jeffrey Williams; Matthew Craig (2014). "Parablennius incognitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185181A1777671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185181A1777671.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parablennius incognitus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Black Sea Fishes Check List Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Movchan, Yu.V. (2009). "The Fishes of Ukraine (Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Remarks)" (PDF). Zbirnyk Prats Zoologichnogo Muzeyu [Collection of Works of the Zoological Museum] (in Ukrainian). 40: 47–87 [71].
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