Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Blenniiformes > Family Blenniidae > Subfamily Salariinae > Genus Aidablennius

Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aidablennius*	Whitley, 1947	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Blennius sphynx*	Valenciennes, 1836	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: bavosa de mar; bavosa verda; dormilega; rabosa de roca sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Croatian: babica kokošica sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Danish: haneslimfisk sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Dutch: sfinxslijmvis sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: sphynx blenny sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: blennie sphinx sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Schleimsphinx; Sphinx-Schleimfisch sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Greek: Σφιγγοσαλιάρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קרנון ספינקס sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: bavosa sfinge

Maltese: budakkra lewn iz-zebbug sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Romanian: cocosel de mare sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Russian: Морская собачка сфинкс sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: kokoška sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Spanish, Castillian: dormilón sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Turkish: horozbina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морська собачка сфiнкс; Морський собачка сфінкс

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Aidablennius sphynx, by Patzner, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126760