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Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836)

Description

Common Names

  • Dormilega de roca , Catalan , Spain
  • Bacciulosa di fondu , Corsican , France
  • Babica kokošica , Croatian , Croatia
  • Haneslimfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Sfinks-aidalimakala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Sfinks-limakala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Sfinkslimakala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Blennie sphinx , French , France
  • Schleimsphinx , German , Germany
  • Sphinx-Schleimfisch , German , Germany
  • Σαλιάρα , Greek , Greece
  • Σφυγγοσαλιάρα , Greek , Greece
  • Bavosa sfinge , Italian , Italy
  • Budakkra lewn iz-zebbug , Maltese , Malta
  • 縛鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 缚鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 远鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 遠鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cocoşel de mare , Rumanian , Romania
  • Cocosel-de-mare , Rumanian , Romania
  • Morskaya sobachk , Russian , Ukraine
  • Kokoška , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Dormilaga de roca , Spanish , Spain
  • Horozbin balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Horozbina , Turkish , Turkey
  • Horozbina balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Hozorbina , Turkish , Turkey

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Blenniiformes

    Family: Blenniidae

    Genus: Aidablennius

    Species: Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: Morocco. Also known from the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

    • Biology

    Found in very shallow, rocky, littoral zone, exposed to sunlight and surf; on horizontal, algae-covered terraces. Feed on benthic invertebrates and algae (Ref. 5981). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Males guard eggs in burrows (Ref. 5981). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

    Habitat

    demersal