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Alticus simplicirrus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Alticus
Species:	A. simplicirrus
Binomial name
Alticus simplicirrus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971

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.

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.

References

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.

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