#2199 · 🐟 fish

Rusty Blenny

🇳🇱 Roodgevlekte slijmvis ·Parablennius sanguinolentus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The rusty blenny or Black Sea blenny ( Parablennius sanguinolentus ) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic: Loire mouth, France to Morocco including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. 9 in) TL.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,892iNaturalist 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.
3,892 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1814 (212 years ago).