Kirk's Blenny
The Kirk's blenny (''Alticus kirkii'') is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus ''Alticus''. It was described by A. Günther in 1964, originally as a member of the genus '' Salarias''.Günther, A., 1868 (1 June) ef. 1993''Additions to the ichthyological fauna of Zanzibar.'' Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6): 457-459. It is a tropical blenny which is known from the Red Sea, Mozambique, Réunion, the Persian Gulf, and India, in the Indian ocean.''Alticus kirkii''
at www.fishbase.org. Kirk's blennies inhabit waters near the shore, and often spend time out of the water. They are able to breathe air when on land. They are

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Combtooth Blenny
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; some species are also found in brackish and even freshwater environments. Description The body plan of the combtooth blennies is archetypal to all other blennioids; their blunt heads and eyes are large, with large continuous dorsal fins (which may have three to 17 spines). Their bodies are compressed, elongated, and scaleless; their small, slender pelvic fins (which are absent in only two species) are situated before their enlarged pectoral fins, and their tail fins are rounded. As their name would suggest, combtooth blennies are noted for the comb-like teeth lining their jaws. By far the largest species is the eel-like hairtail blenny at 53 cm in length; most ot ...
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