| Peacock blenny | |
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| Female | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Salaria |
| Species: | S. pavo |
| 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. The peacock blenny reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. 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.
References
- ^ Antonio Di Natale, Murat Bilecenoglu, Michel Bariche, Can Bizsel, Enric Massuti, Jeffrey Williams, Matthew Craig (2014). "Salaria pavo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185175A1776635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185175A1776635.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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- Gonçalves, D., Fagundes, T., & Oliveira, R. (2003). "Reproductive behaviour of sneaker males of the peacock blenny". Journal of Fish Biology. 63 (2): 528–532. Bibcode:2003JFBio..63..528G. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00157.x. hdl:10400.12/1297.
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General references
Pallaoro, A. (2007). "The diet of peacock blenny, Salaria pavo (Blenniidae), in the eastern Adriatic Sea". Cybium. 31: 1–7. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Salaria pavo at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Peacock blenny at Wikispecies
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| Salaria pavo | |
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