Peacock blenny
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing ; Adults occur in the intertidal zone and shallow bottoms, on rocks or sand between pebbles and vegetation . Often in brackish waters down to 5 ppt . Inhabit crevices or piddock holes, males remain in cavities above water-level during low tide . Feed on benthic invertebrates, mainly mollusks, also algae . Also ingest large amounts of aquatic insects and pupae . Oviparous . Mature males adopt a passive role during courtship, rarely court females, do not defend nest territory, but provide parental care to eggs. Sneaker males assume a female-like behavior in order to approach the nests of nesting males and parasitically fertilize the eggs . Eggs are demersal and adhesive . Has been reared in captivity .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26. Diagnosis: Mature males with well-developed head-crest and anal gland in the first two anal-fin rays; sneaker males much smaller than nesting males and do not display male secondary sexual characters .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Peacock blenny is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Males court by nodding and undulating movements and drive females to spawning place by biting and butting though this event is rarely done by the males, more or less adopting a passive role in the courtship (Ref 94113). Additionally, males don't defend a territory around the nest though they guard eggs from several females .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal. Subtropical; 46°N - 33°N, 10°W - 42°E
🌿 Ecology
benthic invertebrates, mainly mollusks, also algae (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Peacock blenny |
| 🌍BUL | морски паун |
| 🏳️Catalan | Gallerbó |
| 🌍CES | slizoun paví |
| 🌍COS | Bacca |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Påfugleslimfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Pfauen-Schleimfisch · Pfauenschleimfisch |
| 🌍ELL | Lirosaliara · Γλινός · Λειροσαλιάρα · Σαλιάρα |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | riikinkukkoluikero |
| 🇫🇷French | Baveuse · Bigoula · Blennie paon · Blennie-paon · blennie clown · blennie à grands yeux |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Babuatto · Bausa · Bausa ammaruta · Bausa cu immu · Bavosa · Bavosa dei moli · Bavosa liscia · Bavosa pavone · Bavosa pavonina · Bavosella · Bavusa immaruta · Cadduffu cu tuppè · Galletto · Gatarozola da la cresta · Jarruppe signure · Tupputu · Vavos · Vavosa liscia · Vavusella |
| 🌍MLT | Budakkra ta' l-ghalla |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | pauwslijmvis |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Ślizg pawik |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Judia · Marachomba-pavão · Murtefuge |
| 🌍RON | Cocosel de mare · Cocosel-de-mare |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Morskaya sobachka-pavlin · Морская собачка павлин · Морская собачка-павлин |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Blenio Cabezón · Gallerbo · Gallerbu |
| 🌍SQI | Peshk guri · barburiqi pallua · bukurina · marxhani · peshk guri pallua · peshku i gurit |
| 🌍SRP | Babica kukuranda |
| 🌍TUR | Ibiklihorozbina baligi · horozbina · İbikli horozbina |
| 🌍UKR | Морська собачка павич · Морський собачка павич · Собачка-павич |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Peacock blenny.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 9 records indexed .
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