#2218 · 🐟 fish

Peacock Blenny

🇳🇱 Pauwslijmvis ·Salaria pavo

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Salaria pavo , the peacock blenny , is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic coast from France to Morocco; also in the Mediterranean and Black seas, introduced to the Suez Canal. 1 in) TL.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,341iNaturalist 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.
2,341 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1810 (216 years ago).