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Salaria
Peacock Blenny (S. pavo)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus: Salaria
Forsskål, 1775
Type species
Blennius salaria
Bloch, 1801
Species

See below.

Salaria is a genus of fish in the family Blenniidae.[1] It contains both freshwater and marine species which are found around the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2] One species, the peacock blenny, has colonised the northern Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process knowns as anti-Lesspesian migration.[3]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Salaria in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. ^ I. Doadrio, S.; Perea & A. Yahyaoui (2011). "Morphological and molecular analyses of freshwater blennids: A new species of the genus Salaria Forsskål, 1775 (Actinopterygii, Blennidae) in Morocco" (PDF). Graellsia. 67 (2): 151–173. doi:10.3989/graellsia.2011.v67.042.
  3. ^ Antonio Di Natale; Murat Bilecenoglu; Michel Bariche; et al. (2014). "Salaria pavo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185175A1776635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185175A1776635.en.