Peacock Blenny
Salaria pavo
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,432
- Most observed in
- 🇫🇷 France
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. The peacock blenny reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peacock blenny”.