Pacific leaping blenny
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| Species: | A. arnoldorum (Curtiss, 1938)[1]
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Alticus arnoldorum is a species of combtooth blenny found at reefs in the tropical west and south Pacific.[1] It is commonly known as the Pacific leaping blenny or the leaping rockskipper.[2]
Blennies, which breathe through their gills and partly through their skin, will suffocate if they completely dry out. While on land Leaping Blennies can forage, court, and mate—basically take care of all their blenny business—only during the few short hours of midtide. [3]
References
- ^ a b Alticus arnoldorum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Alticus arnoldorum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ at www.nationalgeographic.com
External links
- "Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- A Highly Social, Land-Dwelling Fish Defends Territories in a Constantly Fluctuating Environment by Terry J. Ord in E&ERC
- Video on YouTube
- "Pacific leaping blenny" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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