FB-61223 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61223 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Blenniidae Praealticus Praealticus oortii (Bleeker, 1851) Marquesan rockskipper Marquesan rockstripper 2003-10-01 2021-10-06 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Springer, V.G.0 Blennidae. Blennies (combtooth and sabertooth blennies). p. 3538-3546. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 12848) Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and V.G. Springer0 Synopsis of the tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces: Blenniidae). Smith. Contrib. Zool. 73:1-72. (Ref. 13131) Randall, J.E.0 Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. (Ref. 28618) Randall, J.E. and J.L. Earle0 Annotated checklist of the shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. (66):1-39. (Ref. 41656) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003. (Ref. 46206) Randall, J.E.0 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) Bacchet, P., T. Zysman and Y. Lefèvre0 Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles. Tahiti (Polynésie Francaise): Éditions Au Vent des Îles. 608 p. (Ref. 89972) Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of blennies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 482 p. (Ref. 93609) Watson, W.0 Larval development in blennies. pp. 309-350. In Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor (eds.) The biology of blennies. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA. 482 p. (Ref. 94114) FB-pic-61229-39596 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif John E. Randall 2004-07-08 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Alsim_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Alsim_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-10-01 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Found in surge-zone (Ref. 54980). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114). Feeds on filamentous algae (Ref. 89972). Springer, V.G. 2001 Blennidae. Blennies (combtooth and sabertooth blennies). p. 3538-3546. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 12848) FB-DiagnosticDescr-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-27 00:00:00 2014-01-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Freely movable teeth around 300 in upper jaw and 250 in lower jaw; crenulate lip margins; absence of fleshy disc behind lower lip; short and unbranched supraorbital cirrus; absence of nuchal cirri; males with fleshy occipital crest; body depth at origin of anal fin ca 7-8 SL; deep notch between spinous and soft ray portions of dorsal fin, the last ray joined by membrane to caudal peduncle; last anal ray and peduncle not bound by membrane; male coloration gray-brown, ventrally blending to white, with white vertical rows of white striations reaching dorsal fin parallel with spines and rays; a series of small, dark brown spots running along the back and continuing into dorsal-fin base; head finely dotted with white, turning white on branchiostegal membranes; a curving black line behind eye; cheek with 2 small black spots; caudal and soft dorsal ray tips white. Dorsal rays XIII, 23-24; 13 unbranched caudal rays (Ref. 54980). Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Morphology-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-27 00:00:00 2014-01-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 24; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 26 Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Distribution-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-10-01 00:00:00 2014-01-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 Western Central Pacific. Eastern Central Pacific: Marquesan Islands (Ref. 41656). Springer, V.G. 2001 Blennidae. Blennies (combtooth and sabertooth blennies). p. 3538-3546. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 12848) FB-LifeCycle-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2003-10-01 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=61229&StockCode=51012 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-10-01 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 12.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)) Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-61229 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-10-01 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61229 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; marine