Parablennius rouxi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	BLENNIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Parablennius rouxi
Species Authority:	(Cocco, 1833)
Synonym/s:	Blennius rouxi Cocco, 1833 Blennius ruxii Cocco, 1833

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Di Natale, A., Bilecenoglu, M., Bariche, M. & Bizsel, C. and Massuti, E.
Reviewer/s:	Livingstone, S. & Pollard, D. and Carpenter, K.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is present throughout most of the Mediterranean Sea and is common. There are no major threats and no specific population information for this species, although the population is thought to be stable. This species is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is present in the north Mediterranean Sea, and along the coast of Israel, Lebanon and Syria (Golani et al. 2006, Bariche pers. comm. 2007). There are also records of this species along the south coast of Portugal.
Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; France; Gibraltar; Greece; Israel; Italy; Lebanon; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northeast; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a common species. There is no specific population information for this species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in the shallow littoral zone to the zone beyond the influence of water movements, over light rocks or pebbles without algal cover and on secondary hard bottoms of coralligenous origin. This species feeds on periphyton, harpacticoids, and algae. Males inhabit narrow piddock holes, they court by nodding, jumping out of hole and back again, and swimming in a vertical position. Rivals are threatened by yawning, lateral display and circling, and are attacked by ramming and biting. It is oviparous with distinct pairing and demersal, adhesive eggs (Breder and Rosen 1966). Reproduction takes place from May to July. Attracted females spawn in resident hole of a male which guards eggs from several families (Zander 1986). In the Ligurian Sea (Italy) this species was found also in the 0-3 m depth range.
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

This species occurs in the shallow littoral zone to the zone beyond the influence of water movements, over light rocks or pebbles without algal cover and on secondary hard bottoms of coralligenous origin.

This species feeds on periphyton, harpacticoids, and algae. Males inhabit narrow piddock holes, they court by nodding, jumping out of hole and back again, and swimming in a vertical position. Rivals are threatened by yawning, lateral display and circling, and are attacked by ramming and biting. It is oviparous with distinct pairing and demersal, adhesive eggs (Breder and Rosen 1966). Reproduction takes place from May to July. Attracted females spawn in resident hole of a male which guards eggs from several families (Zander 1986).

In the Ligurian Sea (Italy) this species was found also in the 0-3 m depth range.

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats for this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats for this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No specific conservation measures are in place for this species.

Conservation Actions:

No specific conservation measures are in place for this species.

Citation:	Di Natale, A., Bilecenoglu, M., Bariche, M. & Bizsel, C. and Massuti, E. 2011. Parablennius rouxi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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