Peacock blenny | |
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Scientific classification
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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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Binomial name | |
Salaria pavo (
Risso, 1810)
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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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Pallaoro, A. (2007). "The diet of peacock blenny, Salaria pavo (Blenniidae), in the eastern Adriatic Sea". Cybium. 31: 1–7. Retrieved 10 April 2021.