Peacock blenny

Peacock blenny
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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] The peacock blenny have unique reproductive behaviors. Bourgeois males typically build and guard nests. Sneaker males will mimic female behaviors in order to approach nests and fertilize eggs.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Salaria pavo ". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Gonçalves, D., Fagundes, T., & Oliveira, R. (2003). "Reproductive behaviour of sneaker males of the peacock blenny". Journal of Fish Biology. 63 (2): 528–532. Bibcode:2003JFBio..63..528G. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00157.x. hdl:10400.12/1297.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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.


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