Peacock blenny
(Salaria pavo)
Classification
Species:
Salaria pavo
Genus:
Salaria
Family: Blenniidae - Combtooth blennies
Order: Blenniiformes - Blennies
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Peacock blenny
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Subtropical
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.