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'''''Alticus simplicirrus''''' is a species of [[combtooth blenny]] found in the central [[Pacific ocean]], around the [[Marquesas Islands]].<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Alticus&speciesname=simplicirrus ''Alticus simplicirrus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was first named by Smith-Vaniz and Springer in 1971,<ref name="Fishbase"/> and is commonly known as the '''Marquesan rockstripper'''.<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=61229&GenusName=Alticus&SpeciesName=simplicirrus&StockCode=51012 Common names for ''Alticus simplicirrus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref>
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=''Alticus simplicirrus'' |volume=2014 |page=e.T48321557A48389142 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48321557A48389142.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Alticus simplicirrus
| authority = [[William Farr Smith-Vaniz|Smith-Vaniz]] & [[Victor Gruschka Springer|V. G. Springer]], 1971
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'''''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 {{convert|3.7|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Alticus&speciesname=simplicirrus ''Alticus simplicirrus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref>

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.<ref name="Ord2017">{{cite journal|last1= Ord|first1=T. J.|last2= Summers|first2=T. C.|last3= Noble|first3=M. M.|last4= Fulton|first4=C. J.|title= Ecological release from aquatic predation is associated with the emergence of marine blenny fishes onto land|journal= The American Naturalist|volume= 189|issue= 5|date= 2017-03-02|pages= 570–579|doi= 10.1086/691155|pmid=28410030|hdl= 1885/237254|hdl-access= free}}</ref>


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[[Category:Blenniidae]]
[[Category:Alticus|simplicirrus]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William Farr Smith-Vaniz]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Victor G. Springer]]
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Latest revision as of 13:18, 28 April 2024

Alticus simplicirrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alticus
Species:
A. simplicirrus
Binomial name
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.[2]

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.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Alticus simplicirrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48321557A48389142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48321557A48389142.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Alticus simplicirrus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Ord, T. J.; Summers, T. C.; Noble, M. M.; Fulton, C. J. (2017-03-02). "Ecological release from aquatic predation is associated with the emergence of marine blenny fishes onto land". The American Naturalist. 189 (5): 570–579. doi:10.1086/691155. hdl:1885/237254. PMID 28410030.