My new favourite Mediterranean fish - Caneva's Blenny (Microlipophrys canevae). What style! Needless to say this is the territorial male, hoping to mate...

#blenny #mediterraneanfish #FishOfTheWeek #ichthyology #Fishes #underwater #Gaeta #Italy #OurWorldIsWorthSaving

Can anyone tell me what this inquisitive little fish is at #Alghero #Sardinia. Could it be Pteragogus trispilus? #fishID #mediterraneanfish @FishBaseProject #identification #wrasse #FishOfTheWeek #ichthyology #WrasseWednesday

Here's some more fish of Calla Minnola, Levanzo in the Egadi Islands: Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus), Wide-eyed flounder (Bothus podas) & a hunting Mediterranean Moray (Muraena helena).
#levanzo #egadi #sicily #sicilia #isoleegadi #mediterraneansea #mediterraneanfish #fish
22/24

Ornate (Thalassoma pavo), Peacock (Symphodus tinca) - here's a less common terminal male & Ocellated (S. ocellatus) wrasses all common in NW Sicily. Surprisingly, Rainbow Wrasse (Coris julis) is less so.
#wrasse #WrasseWednesday #wrasses #mediterranean #mediterraneanfish
21/24

Salema (Sarpa salpa) are the other abundant seabream in NW Sicily. Less so Sharpsnout Seabream,(Diplodus puntazzo), Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) & in the beach shallows, Bogue (Boops boops).
#boopsboops #Seabream #Seabreams #Mediterraneanfish #mediterranean #fish
19/24

Red black-faced Triplefins (Tripterygion tripteronotum) are very common in the Gulf of Castellammare but I only saw one male in full breeding regalia.
#triplefin #triplefins #mediterraneantag/mediterraneanfish" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#mediterraneanfish #mediterranean #Mediterraneansea #MarineSpecies #icthyology #marinebiology
12/24

Caneva's Blennies (Microlipophrys canevae) are also common in the Gulf of Castellammare but I saw no males in breeding condition (unlike in May on the Lazio coast) https://x.com/numenini/status/1124704782055243776?s=20&t=u_K4EwUgOed9nu_oTG9ogw. #blenny #blennies #mediterraneanfish...

For #InternationalBiodiversityDay 4 Mediterranean blennies: Tompot (Parablennius gattorugine), Sphinx (Aidablennius sphynx), Rusty (P. sanguinolentus) & Diabolo (P. incognitus). What character!

#BiodiversityDay #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Gaeta #Lazio #Italy #mediterraneanfish

As well as v tame Thicklip & Thinlip Grey Mullets, & Mediterranean Sand Smelt, plying the waters of Plage de La Palud, Port-cros, this pinkish fish - could it be a Bogue (Boops boops - great latin name!)? @inaturalist

#MediterraneanFish #SeaLife #MarineLife #icthyology
6/11

Also in the great seabream cloud at Plage de La Palud on Port-cros, some fine mature Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) hanging there in the sunbeams & many Saddled Seabream. #MediterraneanFish #SeaLife #MarineLife #icthyology #MarineMonday #marinebio #Cotedazurfrance
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