Roche's snake blenny
| Roche's snake blenny | |
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| Ophidion rochei from the Snake Island, Black Sea, Ukraine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Ophidion |
| Species: | O. rochei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845
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Roche's snake blenny (Ophidion rochei) is a fish species in the genus Ophidion and the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Mediterranean Sea in western and northern regions, also in the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara and it has been recorded in the Atlantic.[1] Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 29.3 centimetres (11.5 in) long.[2] This fish species has distinctive sonic capabilities, produced by the dorsal, intermediate, and ventral sonic muscles.[3] Additionally, females tend to produce sounds having short duration and pulsation, while male sounds are longer and show a unique pattern of pulsation, resulting in characteristic distinctions between the Ophidion rochei and the Ophidion barbatum, its twin species.[4] The specific name honors the Swiss physician and naturalist François-Etienne Delaroche (1780–1813), who wrote about the distinctive swim-bladder anatomy of Ophidion barbatum in 1809.[5]
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Kara, H. (2017) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Ophidion rochei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T194847A115522796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T194847A8906495.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophidion rochei". FishBase. January 2009 version.
- ^ Kéver, Loic; Boyle, Kelly S.; Bolen, Geraldine; Dragicervic, Branko; Dulcic, Jakov; Parmentier, Eric (2014). "Modifications in call characteristics and sonic apparatus morphology during puberty in Ophidion rochei (Actinopterygii: Ophidiidae)". Journal of Morphology. 275 (6): 650–660. doi:10.1002/jmor.20245. PMID 24425669. S2CID 6140132 – via Science Citation Index [SCI] - ISI Web of Knowledge.
- ^ Kéver, Loic; Lejeune, Pierre; Michel, Loic N.; Parmentier, Eric (2016). "Passive acoustic recording of Ophidion rochei calling activity in Calvi Bay (France)". Marine Ecology. 37 (6): 1315–1324. doi:10.1111/maec.12341 – via Science Citation Index [SCI] - ISI Web of Knowledge.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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