Praealticus poptae

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=Praealticus poptae |volume=2014 |page=e.T48342400A48407854 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342400A48407854.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| 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}}

References

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poptae

Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

Category:Fish described in 1925

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