Peacock blenny
Salaria pavo, the peacock blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic coast from France to Morocco; also in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the eastern Adriatic Sea. This species has colonised the northern Red Sea by anti-Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.[1] The peacock blenny reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Salaria |
| Species: | S. pavo |
| Binomial name | |
| Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810) | |
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References
- Antonio Di Natale, Murat Bilecenoglu, Michel Bariche, Can Bizsel, Enric Massuti, Jeffrey Williams, Matthew Craig (2014). "Salaria pavo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185175A1776635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185175A1776635.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Salaria pavo " in FishBase. February 2013 version.
General references
Pallaoro, A. (2007). "The diet of peacock blenny, Salaria pavo (Blenniidae), in the eastern Adriatic Sea". Cybium. 31: 1–7. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Salaria pavo at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Peacock blenny at Wikispecies
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