Praealticus

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Praealticus
Praealticus labrovittatus jumping
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus:Praealticus
L. P. Schultz & W. M. Chapman, 1960
Type species
Salarias natalis
Regan, 1909 [1]

Praealticus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Combtooth blenny Family of fishes

Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 400 known species. Combtooth blennies are found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; some species are also found in brackish and even freshwater environments.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: [2]

Praealticus bilineatus is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean.

Wilhelm Peters German naturalist and explorer

Wilhelm Karl HartwichPeters was a German naturalist and explorer.

<i>Praealticus caesius</i> species of fish

Praealticus caesius is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean. This species grows to a length of 6.7 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.

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Hirculops cornifer, the highbrow rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean. This species reaches a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

<i>Istiblennius</i> genus of fishes

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Pereulixia kosiensis, the Kosi rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean. This species reaches a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is currently the only known member of its genus.

Praealticus dayi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian ocean, in the Andaman Islands. The specific name honours the English military doctor and naturalist Francis Day (1829-1889) who was the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India. Day had described this blenny as Salarias alboguttatus in 1876 but this name was preoccupied by Salarias alboguttatus which had been described by Rudolf Kner in 1867.

<i>Praealticus labrovittatus</i> species of fish

Praealticus labrovittatus, the crenulate-lipped rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.

Praealticus multistriatus, the linedfin rockskipper , is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific Ocean, around Tonga.

Praealticus natalis, the Christmas rockskipper, Natal blenny or the Natal rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs around Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. This species grows to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.

Praealticus poptae, the Marianas rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific ocean, around the Mariana Islands. This species grows to a length of 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in) SL. The specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist and curator Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860-1929) of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.

Praealticus semicrenatus, the Lembeh rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean, around Indonesia.

Praealticus triangulus, the triangle-crest rockskipper is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian ocean, around the Andaman Islands.

Rhabdoblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific Ocean, mostly in the western Pacific. The name pf this genus is derived from the greek word rhabdos meaning "stick" or "rod" and blennius meaning "mucus", referring to the absence of scales on the body of blennies.

Canna Maria Louise Popta was a Dutch biologist.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Praealticus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Praealticus in FishBase . February 2013 version.