sphinx blenny

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Blennius sphinx male.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J. |author2=Craig, M.T. |date=2014 |title=Aidablennius sphynx |volume=2014 |page=e.T185168A1775545 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185168A1775545.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Whitley, 1947

| taxon = Aidablennius sphynx

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Valenciennes, 1836)

| synonyms =

• Aidablennius sphinx (Günther, 1861)
• Blennius sphinx Günther, 1861
• Blennius sphynx Valenciennes, 1836

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=25971&SynCode=59174&GenusName=Aidablennius&SpeciesName=sphynx Synonyms of Aidablennius sphynx] at www.fishbase.org.

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The sphinx blenny (Aidablennius sphynx) is a species of combtooth blenny, and the only species in the genus Aidablennius.[http://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Aidablennius Species in the genus Aidablennius] at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1836, originally under the genus Blennius,Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes, 1836 (July) [ref. 1005] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307–343. and was later reassigned under "Aidablennius" by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1947. It is a subtropical blenny known from Morocco, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also from the Mediterranean and Black Seas.[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Aidablennius&speciesname=sphynx Aidablennius sphynx] at www.fishbase.org. Sphinx blennies inhabit shallow, rocky waters in the littoral zone, with sunlight exposure. They feed primarily on benthic algae, weeds and invertebrates.[http://www.fishbase.org/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=20482&genus=Aidablennius&species=sphynx Food items for Aidablennius sphynx] at www.fishbase.org. Sphinx blennies can measure up to {{convert|8|cm}} long in total length.