| Mystery blenny | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Parablennius |
| Species: | P. incognitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parablennius incognitus (Bath, 1968) | |
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The mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 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. In the Black Sea it was first found in 2002 near the southern coast of Crimea, Ukraine, and soon become abundant in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent. It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.
References
- 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parablennius incognitus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Black Sea Fishes Check List Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Movchan, Yu.V. (2009). "The Fishes of Ukraine (Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Remarks)" (PDF). Zbirnyk Prats Zoologichnogo Muzeyu [Collection of Works of the Zoological Museum] (in Ukrainian). 40: 47–87 .
External links
- Photos of Mystery blenny on Sealife Collection
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| Parablennius incognitus | |
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