Biology:Mystery blenny

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Mystery blenny
Parablennius incognitus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Parablennius
Species:
P. incognitus
Binomial name
Parablennius incognitus
(Bath, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Blennius incognitus Bath, 1968
  • Blennius ponticus incognitus Bath, 1968
  • Pictiblennius incognitus (Bath, 1968)
Parablennius incognitus

The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It is widespread in Madeira, the Canary Islands and Limbe, Cameroon, off Iberian Peninsula to all parts of the Mediterranean including Morocco, the Sea of Marmara, and Black Sea.[3] In the Black Sea it was first found in 2002 near the southern coast of Crimea, Ukraine , and soon become abundant in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent.[4] It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Antonio Di Natale; Murat Bilecenoglu; Michel Bariche; Can Bizsel; Enric Massuti; Jeffrey Williams; Matthew Craig (2014). "Parablennius incognitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T185181A1777671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185181A1777671.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185181/1777671. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parablennius incognitus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Black Sea Fishes Check List
  4. Movchan, Yu.V. (2009). "The Fishes of Ukraine (Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Remarks)" (in Ukrainian). Zbirnyk Prats Zoologichnogo Muzeyu 40: 47–87 [71]. http://www.museumkiev.org/zoology/catalog/zz_40/Movchan_4.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1894095 entry