Salaria
Genus of fishes
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Salaria is a genus of fish in the family Blenniidae.[1] It now contains marine species which are found around the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2] Freshwater species were reallocated to Salariopsis in 2022.[3] One species, the peacock blenny, has colonised the northern Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process knowns as anti-Lesspesian migration.[4]
| Salaria | |
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| Peacock Blenny (S. pavo) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salariinae |
| Genus: | Salaria Forsskål, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius salaria Bloch, 1801 | |
| Species | |
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See below. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ichthyocoris Bonaparte (1840) | |
Species
Following the marine/freshwater split, two species are recognized in this genus:[1]
- Salaria basilisca (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Salaria pavo (A. Risso, 1810) (Peacock blenny)
