#2223 · 🐟 fish

Sphinx Blenny

🇳🇱 Sfinxslijmvis ·Aidablennius sphynx

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
2. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Chris Taklis · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jofre · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. San Pietro in Volta, isola di Pellestrina (Venezia), Italia:© cccrll · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ionische Inseln, Griechenland:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Skopelos, Skopelos, Magnesia, GR:© MARIA SYNATIKA · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. España:© José F. F. · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 13820 Ensuès-la-Redonne, France:© David Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Sphinx blenny ( Aidablennius sphynx ) is a species of combtooth blenny, and the only species in the genus Aidablennius . It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1836, originally under the genus Blennius , and was later reassigned under " Aidablennius " by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1947. It is a subtropical blenny known from Morocco, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also from the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Sphinx blennies inhabit shallow, rocky waters in the littoral zone, with...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,113iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,113 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836 (190 years ago).