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 | |
See below. | |
Synonyms | |
Ichthyocoris Bonaparte (1840) |
Salaria is a genus of fish in the family Blenniidae. [1] It now contains marine species which are found around the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. [2] Freshwater species were reallocated to Salariopsis in 2022. [3] One species, the peacock blenny, has colonised the northern Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process knowns as anti-Lesspesian migration. [4]
Following the marine/freshwater split, two species are recognized in this genus: [1]
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
| |
Species | |
See below. | |
Synonyms | |
Ichthyocoris Bonaparte (1840) |
Salaria is a genus of fish in the family Blenniidae. [1] It now contains marine species which are found around the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. [2] Freshwater species were reallocated to Salariopsis in 2022. [3] One species, the peacock blenny, has colonised the northern Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process knowns as anti-Lesspesian migration. [4]
Following the marine/freshwater split, two species are recognized in this genus: [1]