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Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32
2022-07-29
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Territorial male of a black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. It lives at depths between 3 and 40 metres (9.8 and 131.2 ft) but is most common at depths between 6 and 25 metres (20 and 82 ft). It inhabits 2 disjunct areas: 1. the western Mediterranean Sea and adjacent parts of the Atlantic Oceans from north to the British Isles and south of Casablanca and Morocco, 2. western tropical Africa north to Senegal and the Macaronesian islands. On average, territorial males 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) are slightly larger than non-territorial males 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in) and females 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in).
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