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.[2]
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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. poptae
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| Binomial name | |
| Praealticus poptae (Fowler, 1925)
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Rupiscartes poptae Fowler, 1925 | |
Etymology
editThe specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist and curator Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860-1929) of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.[3]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Praealticus poptae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342400A48407854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342400A48407854.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Praealticus poptae". 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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