Author: Linnaeus, 1758

Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758

Diagnosis: Iong and slender body. Rostral spine long. Anterior gill arch with 5-6 elongate rakers. Dorsal finrays 125-140; anal finrays 115-120. Colour: yellowish- or pinkish- brown on back, whitish ventrally; dorsal and anal fins black-edged. Size: to about 250 mm SL.

Habitat: benthic from a few to 150 m. Food: no data. Reproduction:
oviparous.

Distribution: western Mediterranean, from Gibraltar to the Adriatic; also eastern Atlantic, from southern England to Morocco. Elsewhere, southward to Senegal.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Padoa, 1956: 759 | Varagnolo, 1964: 264, pl. 3 (fig. 12) | Bini, 1969, 7: 16.
Otoliths (sagitta). Sanz Echeverría, 1941: 350.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Ophidioidei
Family Ophidiidae
Genus Ophidion
Species Ophidion barbatum

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758

Scientific synonyms and common names

Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms:

Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 259 ('Habitat in Europaaustrali').
Ophidion barbatum: Svetovidov, 1961: 3-13 Bini, 1969, 7: 15, fig.

Common names:

donselle [Fr]
galletto [It]
snake blenny [En]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: pp. 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Sanz Echeverria, J. 1941. Investigaciones sobre otolitos de peces de España (Fam. Cepolidae, Pomacentridae y Ophidiidae). Boln R. Soc. esp. Hist. nat., 39: 345-351,1 pl. (15 fig.).

Svetovidov, A. N. 1961. [The European species of the family Ophidiidae and the functional significance of peculiarities in the structure of their swimbladders]. Vop. Ikhtiol, (17): pp. 3-13. (Translation no. 41 from Ichth. Lab., U.S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D.C.).

Varagnolo, S. 1964. Calendario di comparse di uova pelagiche di Teleostei marini nel plancton di Chioggia. Archo Oceanogr. Limnol., 13 (2): pp. 249-279, 8 pl.

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.

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