Author: (Steindachner and Kolombatovic, 1883)

Lipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner and Kolombatovic, 1883)

Diagnosis: dorsal finrays XII + 16; anal finrays II + 18; pectoral finrays 12; pelvic finrays I + 3. Colour: basic coloration light greenish; 6-7 olive-green vertical bars which cause a tessellated pattern posteriorly. Spawning males citron-yellow with black crown on head and clublike glands at ends of soft dorsal finrays. Size: to 41 mm.

Habitat: occurs on filamentous algae-covered rocky terraces at 1-1.5 m; sometimes in brackish water. Behaviour: predominantly active during sunlight; otherwise in piddock holes or barnacle shells. Male attracts females in spawning season by nodding movements of head. Food: benthic meiofauna, especially harpacticoids; also algae. Reproduction: May-July. Attracted females spawn in resident hole of male which guards eggs.

Distribution: Mediterranean and off Portugal.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Blenniidae
Genus Lipophrys
Species Lipophrys dalmatinus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Lipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Lipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner and Kolombatovic, 1883)

Synonyms:

Blennius dalmatinus Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 88(4): 1198-1199, pl. 2 (fig. 2). Holotype and syntypes: NMW no. 5037-5038 (Canale della Castella by Split).
Blennius dalmatinus: Kolombatovic, 1891-1892: 21-22 Carus, 1893: 696 Norman 1943: 802 Soljan, 1948: 267, 1 fig. Tortonese, 1963: 178 Bini, 1968, 6: 153, 1 fig. (in colour) Bath, 1969: 97-102, fig. 1-4 Zander, 1969: 59-63, fig. 2 Blennius dalmatinus: Zander, 1972b: 221, fig. 16 Sardou, 1973: 208, fig. 1 Papaconstantinou, 1975: 1, fig. 1.
Lipophrys dalmatinus: Bath, 1977 :193, fig. 39.

Common names:

babica pirgasica [Hr]

Bath, H. 1969. Zur Kenntnis des Schleimsfisches Blennius dalrnatinus Steindachner, 1883 und seiner Verbreitung im Mittelmeer (Pisces, Blennioidea, Blenniidae). Senckenberg. biol., Frankfurt, 50 (1/2): 97-102.

Bath, H. 1977. Revision der Blenniini (Pisces - Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biol, 57 (1976) (4/6): 167-234, 78 fig.

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 pp., 66 fig. + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 pp., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 pp., 34 fig. + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 pp., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 pp., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 pp., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 pp., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 pp., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Carus, J. V. 1893. Vertebrata. 1. class. Pisces: pp. 498-711, In: Prodromus faunae Mediterraneae sive Descriptio Animalium Maris Mediterranei incolarum quam comparata silva rerum quatenus innotuit adiectis locis et nominibus vulgaribus. . . Stuttgart, 1889-1893, 2: ix+854 pp.

Kolombatovic, J. 1892a. Mackulje (Blenniini) Spljetskog Pomorskog Okruzja u Dalmaciji. Godisnje Izovjesce C.K. Velike Realke u Splitu za Skolskugodinu, 1891-1892: 3-24.

Norman, J. R. 1943. Notes on the blennioid fishes. I. A provisional synopsis of the genera of the family Blenniidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)10 (72): pp. 793-812.

Papaconstantinou, C. 1975. Osservazioni ecologiche intorno ai Blennidi del Golfo di Genova (Pisces Perciformes). Doriana, 5 (217), pp. 14, 1 fig.

Sardou, J. 1973. Contribution a la connaissance de la faune ichthyologique de la Mediterranee. Les Blenniidae de la region de Villefranche-sur-Mer. Rev. Trav. Inst. Peches marit. 37 (2): 207 213, 4 fig.

Soljan, T. 1948. Fauna i flora jadrana. 1. Ribe Inst. Oceanogr. Ribarst. Jugoslavia. Zagreb, Hrvatske, 437 pp., 1350 fig.

Steindachner, F.; Kolombatovic, G. 1884. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische derAdria. Sber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, 88(4): 1193-1202, 2 pl.

Tortonese, E. 1963c. Elenco riveduto dei Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Pesci cartilagine e ossei del mare mediterraneo. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria, 74: pp. 156-185.

Zander, C. D. 1969. Mitteilung über die Verbreitung und Ökologie von Blennioidei des Mittelmeeres (Pisces). Mitt. Hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 66: 59-63.

Zander, C. D. 1972. Beitrage zur Oekologie und Biologie von Blenniidae (Pisces) des Mittelmeeres. HelgoL wiss Meereunters. 23 :193-231,18 fig.

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