Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner &amp;amp; Kolombatovic, 1883) is an endemic blenny of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also known from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. However, unlike other species of combtooth blennies, M. adriaticus is a fish with a limited distribution in Adriatic Sea, especially in the north, where it can be common. We report here the first record of this species from the waters of the Ionian Sea

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Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) is an endemic blenny of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also known from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. However, unlike other species of combtooth blennies, M. adriaticus is a fish with a limited distribution in Adriatic Sea, especially in the north, where it can be common. We report here the first record of this species from the waters of the Ionian Sea

Tiralongo, F.

Baldacconi, R.

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First record of the Combtooth Blenny, Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) (Pisces, Blenniidae), for the Italian Ionian Sea

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 Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 3 | Article 1646 1Check List the journal of biodiversity dataFirst record of the Combtooth Blenny, Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) (Pisces, Blenniidae), for the Italian Ionian SeaF. Tiralongo1, 2* and R. Baldacconi11  Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Via M. Rapisardi VIII, n°2 Avola (SR), 96012, Italy 2  Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Laboratorio di Oceanologia Sperimentale ed Ecologia Marina, Porto di Civitavecchia, 00053 Civitavecchia (Roma), Italy* Corresponding author. E-mail: fra.tiralongo@hotmail.itAbstract: Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) is an endemic blenny of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also known from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. However, unlike other species of combtooth blennies, M. adriaticus is a fish with a limited distribution in Adriatic Sea, especially in the north, where it can be common. We report here the first record of this species from the waters of the Ionian Sea.Key words:  blennies, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Italian waters, MicrolipophrysIn the recent years a considerable spread of Atlantic spe-cies in the Mediterranean Sea has characterized the Ital-ian waters. The most recent examples of this increase in species’ range concern blennies species such as Para­blennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) (Tiralongo 2012a) and Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tiralongo 2012b). Furthermore, native species are expanding their range of distribution (Falzon 2009). Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883), unlike others en-demic combtooth blennies of the Mediterranean Sea, has a limited distribution confined to the Adriatic Sea (Relini and Lanteri 2010), especially in the north, where it can be common and in the Aegean Sea. It is also present in the Sea of Marmara and in the Black Sea. In July 2011, we recorded the presence of this species in the Ionian Sea (Figure1). The species was seen within the “Mar Piccolo” of Taranto (40.48090 N, 017.26740 E), an urbanized in-land sea heavily impacted by human activities (Figure 2).M. adriaticus is one of the four species of the genus Microlipophrys in Italian waters (Almada et al. 2005). It is an inhabitant of very shallow waters, not more than 2 m of depth with preference for the intertidal zone (Duci et al. 2009). This blenny, as similar species, is an omnivore that feeds on small invertebrates, especially crustaceans, detritus and algae (Whitehead et al. 1986). The parental male of this genus shows a typical “head mask” during the breeding season when the cheeks become yellow with the rest of the head dark. The only two species that could be confused with M. adriaticus are the two congeners M. canevae (Vinciguerra, 1880) and M. dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883). However, M. adriaticus shows particular features that allow an easy Check List 11(3): 1646, April 2015 doi:  http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1646ISSN 1809-127X © 2015 Check List and Authors3111646April 2015Figure 1. Distribution of Microlipophrys adriaticus in Italian waters. The red zone indicates the area of normal distribution of the species. The black spot is the new record for the Ionian Sea.NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 3 | Article 1646 2Tiralongo and Baldacconi  |  First record of Microlipophrys adriaticus from the Italian Ionian SeaLITERATURE CITEDAlmada, F., V. C. Almanda, T. Guillemaud and P. Wirtz. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean blenniids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(3): 283–295. doi: h10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00519.x Duci, A., E. Giacomello, N. Chimento and C. Mazzoldi. 2009. Intertidal and subtidal blennies: assessment of their habitat through individual and nest distribution. Marine Ecology Progress Series 383: 273–283.Falzon, M. A. 2009. Lipophrys dalmatinus (Pisces Perciformes Blenniidae), a new species for Malta (Central Mediterranean). Naturalista Siciliano 33(3–4): 279–282.Relini, G. and L. Lanteri. 2010. Osteichthyes. Biologia Marina Medi-terranea 17(1): 649–674.Tiralongo, F. 2012a. Prima segnalazione di Bavosa africana, Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829), nelle acque ioniche della Sicilia sudorientale, Avola (SR). Notiziario S.I.B.M. 62: 62–64. Tiralongo, F. 2012b. Prima segnalazione di Bavosa crestata, Scartella cristata (Linneo, 1758), nelle acque ioniche d’Italia. Notiziario S.I.B.M. 62: 65–68.Tiralongo, F., D. Tibullo and R. Baldacconi. 2013. First record of Mi cro­lipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883), (Pisces: Blenniidae) in the Ionian Sea; pp. 472–473, in: M. Bilecen-oglu, J.E.F. Alfaya, E. Azzurro, R. Baldacconi, Y.Ö. Boyaci, V. Circosta, L.J.V. Compagno, F. Coppola, A. Deidun, H. Durgham, F. Durucan, D. Ergüden, F.Á. Fernández-álvarez, P. Gianguzza, G. Giglio, M. Gökoğlu, M. Gürlek, S. Ikhtiyar, H. Kabasakal, P.K. Karachle, S. Katsanevakis, D. Koutsogiannopoulos, E. Lanfranco, P. Micarelli, Y. Özvarol, L. Pena-Rivas, D. Poursanidis, J. Saliba, E. Sperone, D. Tibullo, F. Tiralongo, S. Tripepi, C. Turan, P. Vella, M.B. Yokeş, B. Zava. New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records (December, 2013). Mediterranean Marine Science 14(2): 463–480. doi: 10.12681/mms.676 Whitehead, P.J.P., M. L. Bauchot, J. C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese. 1986. Fishes of the North Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. London: UNESCO. 3 vols. 1473 pp.Authors’ contribution statement: FT wrote the text and collected the data and RB collected the data and took photo of the species.Received: September 2014Accepted: April 2015Editorial responsibility: Rubens Pazzaand rapid identification. This blenny is a little fish with an elongated body, usually does not exceed the 5 cm of total length. The color pattern shows six black vertical bars on the back and in the upper sides. These dark bars are more or less connected together in a dark band running along the sides of the body up to the caudal peduncle. The background color is brownish. Some reddish points may be visible in the dark area of the higher front zone of the body. The lower body is uniformly white or yellowish. The species is probably naturally expanding its normal distribution range considering the line of continuity between the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, as has already probably happened for other fish species (Tiralongo et al. 2013). Although this species is not observed for the south Adriatic, its absence could simply be due to the small size of this fish, not always easy to notice, or to misidentification with other blennies of genus Microlipophrys.Figure 2. A specimen of Microlipophrys adriaticus in Ionian Sea, Taranto. It was observed at a depth of a few centimeters on hard substrate with a moderate algal cover. (Photo R. Baldacconi). 

First record of the Combtooth Blenny, Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner &amp;amp; Kolombatovic, 1883) (Pisces, Blenniidae), for the Italian Ionian Sea

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