Salaria basilisca

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]

Salaria basilisca
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)

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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Salaria basilisca" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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