Praealticus poptae
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Praealticus poptae
| authority = (Fowler, 1925)
| synonyms = Rupiscartes poptae Fowler, 1925
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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 {{convert|4.7|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase species |genus= Praealticus|species= poptae| month = February | year = 2013}}
Etymology
The specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist and curator Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860-1929) of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | accessdate = 21 March 2019 | date = 26 October 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}
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Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
Category:Fish described in 1925
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