Alticus simplicirrus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Alticus
- Species
- Alticus simplicirrus
- Scientific Name
- Alticus simplicirrus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alticus simplicirrus
Alticus simplicirrus, the Marquesan rockstripper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the central Pacific Ocean, around the Marquesas Islands. This species reaches a length of 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in) SL.
A population of blennies of this or a related species on Rarotonga has evolved to become largely terrestrial, apparently at least in part as a way of avoiding marine predators.
...Alticus simplicirrus in languages:
- English
- Marquesan Rockskipper
- French
- Blennie sauteuse des Marquises
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