Salaria basilisca

Salaria basilisca is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Mediterranean Sea near Tunisia and Turkey, also in the Adriatic Sea. This species reaches a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It is found among seagrass, sometimes where there is a rocky substrate. The male guards the eggs produced by several females. They are protogynous hermaphrodites with individuals being females while young changing to males later.^[2]

Salaria basilisca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Salaria
Species:	S. basilisca
Binomial name
Salaria basilisca (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
Blennius basiliscus Valenciennes, 1836 Lipophrys basiliscus (Valenciennes, 1836) Salaria basiliscus (Valenciennes, 1836)