Parablennius marmoreus (Poey 1876)

Parablennius marmoreus és una espècie de peix de la família dels blènnids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia

Els mascles poden assolir els 8,5 cm de longitud total.^[3]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des de Nova York, Bermuda, les Bahames i el nord del Golf de Mèxic fins al nord de Sud-amèrica.^[3]

Referències

Bibliografia

• Bath, H. 2008: Review of the genus Parablennius Miranda-Ribeiro from Australia and New Caledonia (Pisces: Blenniidae: Salariinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie, 1: 77-94.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts (Estats Units), 1997.
• Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a edició, Upper Saddle River, Nova Jersey, Estats Units: Prentice-Hall (2000).
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a edició. Nova York, Estats Units: John Wiley and Sons. Any 1994.
• Poey, F. 1876. Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Madrid v. 5: 131-176 (3 May) 177-218 (4 Oct.), Pls. 4-9.
• Springer, V.G., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 742-755. A M.M. Smith i P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín.
• Springer, V.: Blennies. Planes 214-217 a W.N. Eschmeyer, J. R. Paxton, editors. Encyclopedia of Fishes – 2a edició, San Diego, Califòrnia: Academic Press. Any 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a edició, Londres: Macdonald. Any 1985.

Enllaços externs

• AQUATAB.NET

The seaweed blenny (Parablennius marmoreus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of New York, Bermuda, the Bahamas, also in the Gulf of Mexico, south to southern Brazil. This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL.^[3]

Description

The seaweed blenny has a blunt head, a beak-like snout and a long, slender body. It grows to a maximum length of about 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in). The mouth contains about forty comb-like incisors and above the eyes there are tufts of branched cirri (slender, fleshy structures). The gill slits are continuous across the throat. The dorsal fin has twelve spines and eighteen soft rays, the anal fin has two spines and nineteen or twenty soft rays and the tail fin is rounded. The color is somewhat variable, being some shade of gold, green, tan or rust, blotched at regular intervals with dark brown mottling. The top of the head is bronze and there is a dark stripe starting above the eye, broadening above the pectoral fin and gradually becoming fainter towards the caudal peduncle. Some individuals have a blue spot near the front of the dorsal fin. The fish can adapt its coloration to suit its surroundings in order to camouflage itself. The border of the anal fins and the underside of the fish are whitish.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

The seaweed blenny is native to shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from New York southwards to Brazil, and includes the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and the Bahamas at depths down to about 10 m (33 ft). A typical habitat is among limestone boulders and in scoops and basins where the rock surface is covered with a mat of algae, sea fans and other invertebrates. It is also found on reefs, in seagrass meadows and oyster beds, as well as around man-made structures such as pilings, jetties, seawalls, oil rigs and buoys, and among the roots of mangroves.^[4][5]

Biology

The seaweed blenny is a diurnal species and feeds mostly on algae. The diet also includes such invertebrates as polychaete worms, crustaceans and hydroids, which it picks off the substrate with its beak-like mouth. A male may have several females in his territory, all of which deposit their eggs in a shared nest.^[5] This is in a crevice in a rock, inside a sponge, in a mollusc shell or in a can or other piece of discarded human debris. The male guards the nest until the eggs hatch.^[5] The larvae are planktonic at first, settling on the seabed when about 20 mm (0.8 in) long.^[5]

References

Parablennius marmoreus es una especie de pez de la familia Blenniidae en el orden de los Perciformes.

Morfología

• Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 8,5 cm de longitud total.^[1]​

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra desde Nueva York, Bermuda, las Bahamas y el norte del Golfo de México hasta el norte de Sudamérica.

Referencias

Bibliografía

• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos : T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos , 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986: . A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Alemania.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, Francia. Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos: Prentice-Hall. Año 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a. edición. Nueva York, Estados Unidos: John Wiley and Sons. Año 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a. edición, Londres: Macdonald. Año 1985.

Parablennius marmoreus Parablennius generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Actinopterygii klasean sailkatzen da, Blenniidae familian.

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• FishBase.org

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Parablennius marmoreus is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van naakte slijmvissen (Blenniidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1876 door Poey.