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 and Black seas.[2] 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]

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

References

  1. Antonio Di Natale; Murat Bilecenoglu; Michel Bariche; et al. (2014). "Salaria pavo ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185175A1776635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185175A1776635.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Salaria pavo " in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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