Salaria pavo ( Risso, 1810 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 448

Salaria pavo ( Risso, 1810) [N] ― Peacock blenny/ Horozbina

Taxonomy. Original description: Blennius pavo Risso, 1810: 13 [Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea; no types known]. ― Synonyms: Lipophrys pavo ( Risso, 1810) . ― Revisions: None. ―Illustration: None.

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Bilecenoğlu et al. (2002, 2014); Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007) as Blennius pavo ; Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020).― Turkish material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Anatolian coastal watersheds, entering brackish and freshwater habitats. ― Distribution in river basins: 1-Meriç-Ergene, 2-Marmara, 3-Susurluk, 4-Kuzey Ege, 5-Gediz, 6-Küçük Menderes, 7-Büyük Menderes, 8-Batı Akdeniz, 9- Antalya, 12- Sakarya, 13-Batı Karadeniz, 14-Yeşilırmak, 15-Kızılırmak, 17-Doğu Akdeniz, 18-Seyhan, 19-Asi, 20-Ceyhan, 21-Fırat-Dicle, 22- Doğu Karadeniz, 23-Çoruh. ― General distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Morocco, including Madeira and Canary Islands.― Distribution in ecoregions: 418-Dniester - Lower Danube, 423-Thrace, 429-Western Anatolia, 430-Northern Anatolia, 432-Southern Anatolia, 433-Western Transcaucasia, 437-Orontes. ― Habitat: This species occurs in the intertidal zone and shallow bottoms, on rocks or sand between pebbles and vegetation. This species is tolerant to different salinities (euryhaline) and is more commonly found in brackish waters down to 5 ppt. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: There are no known major threats for this species. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ―Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Stable. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.