Peacock Blenny (Salaria pavo)

OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Salaria ("salt") pavo ("peacock")

Adult Peacock Blenny (Salaria pavo) at Syracuse, Sciily, Italy - May 2018

Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: ?  /  Length: 13cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern

A small blenny of the Mediterranean which since the construction of the Suez Canal has also expanded into the Red Sea. They have a reproductive system where there are two forms of male; "Bourgeois males" build and guard nests while "sneaker males" mimic females to be able to approach these nests and fertilise females without being driven off by the Bourgeois.
 
Related Species: 
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Salaria
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic 
 
- Sighting Locations -

ITALY 

A common resident

 - SICILY 2018 TRIP - Seen from Capo Murro di Porco  

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto