Paralticus amboinensis

Paralticus amboinensis, the Ambon rockskipper or the big-nose blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2]

Paralticus amboinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus: Paralticus
V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994
Species:
P. amboinensis
Binomial name
Paralticus amboinensis
(Bleeker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Salarias amboinensis' Bleeker, 1857
  • Praealticus amboinensis (Bleeker, 1857)
  • Salarias goesii Bleeker, 1859

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Paralticus amboinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342437A48407944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342437A48407944.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paralticus amboinensis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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