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]
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| 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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References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Salaria pavo" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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