Peacock blenny
Species of fish (Salaria pavo) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Peacock blenny | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Salaria |
Species: | S. pavo |
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Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810) | |
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