Salaria basilisca

Short description: Species of fish

Salaria basilisca

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Blenniidae
Genus:  | Salaria
Species:  |

S. basilisca

Binomial name
Salaria basilisca

(Valenciennes, 1836)

Synonyms

* Blennius basiliscus Valenciennes, 1836
* Lipophrys basiliscus (Valenciennes, 1836)
* Salaria basiliscus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Salaria basilisca is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Mediterranean Sea near Tunisia and Turkey, also in the Adriatic Sea. This species reaches a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It is found among seagrass, sometimes where there is a rocky substrate. The male guards the eggs produced by several females. They are protogynous hermaphrodites with individuals being females while young changing to males later.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Williams, J.T.; Herler, J.; Kovacic, M. (2014). "Salaria basilisca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T194856A49091513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194856A49091513.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194856/49091513. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Salaria basilisca" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

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