#2253 · 🐟 fish

Caneva's Blenny

🇳🇱 Geelkeelslijmvis ·Microlipophrys canevae

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY 4.0
4. © Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0
5. San Pietro in Volta, isola di Pellestrina (Venezia), Italia:© cccrll · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Eliot Fournial · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Provincia di Potenza, Italia:© Golfopolikayak · CC BY 4.0
8. Ελλάδα:© Alex Ntounis · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 72017 Ostuni BR, Italia:© Amico Cosimo / Gond · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Calvi, Frankreich:© Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Microlipophrys canevae is a species of combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean near Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. 0 in) TL.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 928iNaturalist 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.
928 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Decio Vinciguerra in 1880 (146 years ago).