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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Salariinae
Etymology: Lipophrys: Greek, lipos = fat + Greek, ophrys = eyebrow (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 5981). Temperate; 65°N - 18°N, 32°W - 11°E

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Eastern Atlantic: southern Norway to Morocco and Madeira, including the Mediterranean and the Balearics.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 8.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 747); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 35388)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 19. Skin naked and slimy. No tentacles on the head. Dip in the middle of dorsal fin. Variable coloration (Ref. 35388).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); A resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612) found in shallow waters of rocky coasts. May remain out of water under rocks or seaweeds (Ref. 31184). Mostly active at daytime during high tide. Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates, especially gastropods, barnacles and amphipods, and algae (Ref. 31184). Also, diet of crabs, polychaetes, isopods, copepods, limpets, mussels and small molluscs (Ref. 94105). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs measuring 1.5 mm (Ref. 35388) are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205). Spawning takes place in April - August (Ref. 35388).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Male guards eggs from several females (Ref. 5981).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Zander, C.D., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 1096-1112. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 5981)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: public aquariums

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Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)