What family does Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833) belong to?

Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833) (Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)) belongs to the family Blenniidae, order Perciformes, in the kingdom Animalia. You can identify it offline using the iNature app.

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Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)

Parablennius rouxi, the longstriped blenny, is a small combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic and northern Mediterranean.

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Family

Blenniidae

Genus

Parablennius

Order

Perciformes

Class

About Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833)

Taxonomic Identification

The longstriped blenny, scientifically named Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833), is a species of combtooth blenny.

Distribution

It is found in the northeast Atlantic waters off Portugal, and is also known to occur in the northern Mediterranean.

Size

This species can grow to a total length of 8 centimetres, which is equivalent to 3.1 inches.

Etymology

While the person that the specific name of this species was intended to honour was not explicitly specified when the species was described, it is widely thought to be Jean Louis Florent Polydore Roux, a French painter and naturalist who lived from 1792 to 1833.