Praealticus dayi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian Ocean, in the Andaman Islands.[2] 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.[3]
| Praealticus dayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Praealticus |
| Species: | P. dayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Praealticus dayi (Whitley, 1929)
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| Synonyms | |
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Salarias dayi Whitley, 1929 | |
References
edit- ^ Chao, N.L.; McEachran, J.; Patzner, R.A.; Williams, J. (2010). "Praealticus dayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155109A4710281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155109A4710281.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Praealticus dayi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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