Praealticus
Genus of fishes
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Praealticus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.
| Praealticus | |
|---|---|
| Praealticus labrovittatus jumping | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salariinae |
| Genus: | Praealticus L. P. Schultz & W. M. Chapman, 1960 |
| Type species | |
| Salarias natalis Regan, 1909[1] | |
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Praealticus bilineatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
- Praealticus caesius (Seale, 1906)
- Praealticus dayi (Whitley, 1929)
- Praealticus labrovittatus Bath, 1992 (Crenulate-lipped rockskipper)
- Praealticus margaritarius (Snyder, 1908)
- Praealticus margaritatus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Praealticus multistriatus Bath, 1992
- Praealticus natalis (Regan, 1909) (Christmas rockskipper)
- Praealticus oortii (Bleeker, 1851)
- Praealticus poptae (Fowler, 1925) (Marianas rockskipper)
- Praealticus semicrenatus (W. M. Chapman, 1951)
- Praealticus striatus Bath, 1992
- Praealticus tanegasimae (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906)
- Praealticus triangulus (W. M. Chapman, 1951)