| Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies), subfamily: Salariinae |
| 15 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 3 - 15 m |
| Eastern Atlantic: coast of Portugal, Spain and Morocco south to Guinea. Also in all parts of the Mediterranean (except Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt), in the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, and Canary Islands (Ref. 5981). |
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| Adults occur over sandy bottoms with boulders and light vegetation. They hide in crevices where the nests are being guarded by the male (Ref. 5981). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 November 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Reported from the coast of Portugal (Ref. 5981, 5298) but this seems to be in error (Ref. 13612). Various authors note that (1) there is no recent citation for Portugal, (2) specimens could not be found in museum collections or during recent diving and fish-collecting expeditions, (3) the known references for the occurrence of this species are very old and could not be verified because the original specimens are not available, (4) the species is absent from the Galician coast and Atlantic coast of southern Spain, and (5) primary sources citing occurrence in the Portugal did not provide descriptions of the specimens nor the criteria used for their identification (Ref. 13612). |
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