Praealticus dayi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian Ocean, in the Andaman Islands.[2] The specific name honours the English military doctor and naturalist Francis Day (1829-1889) who was the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India. Day had described this blenny as Salarias alboguttatus in 1876 but this name was preoccupied by Salarias alboguttatus which had been described by Rudolf Kner in 1867.[3]

Praealticus dayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Praealticus
Species:
P. dayi
Binomial name
Praealticus dayi
(Whitley, 1929)
Synonyms

Salarias dayi Whitley, 1929

References

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  1. ^ Chao, N.L.; McEachran, J.; Patzner, R.A.; Williams, J. (2010). "Praealticus dayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155109A4710281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155109A4710281.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Praealticus dayi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2019.