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Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae						
							
							Etymology: Spaniblennius: Greek, spanios, -a, -on = rare + Greek, blennios = mucus (Ref. 45335).
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Marine;  demersal; depth range 17 - 30 m. Subtropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Atlantic:  Rio d'Oro (Mauritania/Morocco).
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5298)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics					
				
				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Depth range of 17 - 30 meters given by Peter Wirtz (pers. comm. 05/05).  Oviparous.  Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114).  Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
				Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Bath, H., 1990. Blenniidae. p. 905-915. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5298)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 18.1 - 20.6, mean 19.3 °C (based on 12 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00253 - 0.01308), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resilience  (Ref. 
120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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					Climate Vulnerability  (Ref. 
125649):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 407 [203, 960] mg/100g; Iron = 1.84 [1.06, 3.62] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.9, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.264 [0.134, 0.514] g/100g; Selenium = 18.2 [7.5, 42.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.8 [7.1, 93.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.9 [1.2, 2.9] mg/100g (wet weight);