Peacock blenny
(Salaria pavo)

Classification

Species: Salaria pavo
Genus: Salaria
Family: Blenniidae - Combtooth blennies
Order: Blenniiformes - Blennies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Peacock blenny
Habitat: Saltwater
Climate: Subtropical
Native to coasts of: Africa, Europe, Asia
Distribution: Adriatic Sea, Black sea, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

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.

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