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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.[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, and soon become abundant in coastal waters from Sevastopol to Cape Fiolent.[4] It can reach a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[2]

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Mystery blenny
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
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)
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Parablennius incognitus

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