Longstriped Blenny
Parablennius rouxi
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 790
- Most observed in
- 🇫🇷 France
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi), also called the striped blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic off Portugal, also known from the northern Mediterranean. This species reaches a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. The identity of the person honoured by the specific name of this species was not specified but is thought to be the French painter and naturalist Jean Louis Florent Polydore Roux (1792-1833).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Longstriped blenny”.