Mystery blenny

The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It is widespread in Madeira, the Canary Islands and Limbe, Cameroon, off Iberian Peninsula to all parts of the Mediterranean including Morocco, the Sea of Marmara, and Black Sea.[3] In the Black Sea it was first found in 2002 near the southern coast of Crimea, Ukraine. In 2003 it was numerously registered in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent.[4] It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2]

Mystery blenny
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Parablennius
Species:
P. incognitus
Binomial name
Parablennius incognitus
(Bath, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Blennius incognitus Bath, 1968
  • Blennius ponticus incognitus Bath, 1968
  • Pictiblennius incognitus (Bath, 1968)
Parablennius incognitus

References

  1. Antonio Di Natale, Murat Bilecenoglu, Michel Bariche, Can Bizsel, Enric Massuti, Jeffrey Williams, Matthew Craig (2014). "Parablennius incognitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185181A1777671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185181A1777671.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parablennius incognitus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Black Sea Fishes Check List Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Movchan Yu.V. (2009) The Fishes of Ukraine (Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Remarks). Zbirnyk prats Zoologichnogo muzeyu, 40: 47-87. (in Ukrainian)


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