Peacock blenny

Peacock blenny
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Salaria
Species: S. pavo
Binomial name
Salaria pavo
(Risso, 1810)
Synonyms
  • Blennius pavo Risso, 1810
  • Lipophrys pavo (Risso, 1810)

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 and Black seas, introduced to the Suez Canal. This species reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Salaria pavo" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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