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Scartella
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Scartella cristata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus: Scartella
D. S. Jordan, 1886
Type species
Blennius microstomus
Poey, 1860
Species

See below.

Scartella is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.[1]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Scartella caboverdiana Bath, 1990
  • Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) – Molly miller
  • Scartella emarginata (Günther, 1861) – Maned blenny
  • Scartella itajobi Rangel & L. F. Mendes, 2009
  • Scartella nuchifilis (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Scartella poiti Rangel, Gasparini & R. Z. P. Guimarães, 2004
  • Scartella springeri (Bauchot, 1967) – Springer's blenny

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scartella in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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