Salaria
| Salaria | |
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| Peacock Blenny (S. pavo) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Salaria Forsskål, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius salaria Bloch, 1801
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| Species | |
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Salaria is a genus of fish in the family Blenniidae.[1] It contains both freshwater and marine species which are found around the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2] One species, the peacock blenny, has colonised the northern Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process knowns as anti-Lesspesian migration.[3]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Salaria atlantica Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2011
- Salaria basilisca (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Salaria economidisi Kottelat, 2004 (Trichonis blenny)
- Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) (Freshwater blenny)
- Salaria pavo (A. Risso, 1810) (Peacock blenny)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Salaria". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ I. Doadrio, S.; Perea; A. Yahyaoui (2011). "Morphological and molecular analyses of freshwater blennids: A new species of the genus Salaria Forsskål, 1775 (Actinopterygii, Blennidae) in Morocco" (PDF). Graellsia. 67 (2): 151–173. doi:10.3989/graellsia.2011.v67.042.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Antonio Di Natale; Murat Bilecenoglu; Michel Bariche; et al. (2014). "Salaria pavo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185175A1776635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185175A1776635.en.
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