Scientific Name
Salaria economidisi

Common Name
Trichonis blenny

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19. This species is distinguished from its congeners in European inland waters by the following combination of characters: cheeks with 3-5 rows of bold black dots, roughly running diagonally from eye backward and downward, with space between 2 of the lower rows greyish and spaces between upper rows paler; simple cirrus above eye; head length 29-33% SL; upper jaw with 25-30 teeth, lower jaw with 20-27; A II,16-19; D XII-XIII,16-17 (Ref. 59043).

Classification

Classified By

Kottelat, 2004

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Combtooth blennies (Blenniidae)

Distribution

Region

Europe

Distribution

Europe: Greece - Lake Trichonis (Ref.54621, Ref.59043).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

2 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 59043)

Trophic Level

3.21 s.e. 0.34 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

6.5 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries:

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(i,ii,iii))