#2254 · 🐟 fish

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Lipophrys trigloides

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
4. © phbz · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © heuglini · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Álvaro San José Elizundia · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lipophrys trigloides is a species of combtooth blenny. Distributed in the Eastern Atlantic along the coasts of France (Brittany), the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara southwards to Senegal, the Canary Islands and Madeira. Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 13 cm length.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 908iNaturalist 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.
908 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836 (190 years ago).