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''Scartella'' is a
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of
combtooth blennies 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 tropica ...
found in the
Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
and
Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
s.


Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Scartella caboverdiana''
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, 1990
* ''
Scartella cristata The molly miller (''Scartella cristata'') is a species of fish of the family Blenniidae ( combtooth blennies) in the order Perciformes. It can be found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and northwest Pacific Oceans. Its color is a mottled tan, wh ...
'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) – Molly miller * '' Scartella emarginata'' ( Günther, 1861) – Maned blenny * '' Scartella itajobi''
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& L. F. Mendes, 2009
* '' Scartella nuchifilis'' (
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, 1836)
* '' Scartella poiti''
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, Gasparini & R. Z. P. Guimarães, 2004
* '' Scartella springeri'' ( Bauchot, 1967) – Springer's blenny


References

Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Salarinae {{Blenniidae-stub