title: Praealticus
text: # Praealticus
  
  Praealticus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Praealticus bilineatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
  * Praealticus caesius (Seale, 1906)
  * Praealticus dayi (Whitley, 1929)
  * Praealticus labrovittatus Bath, 1992 (Crenulate-lipped rockskipper)
  * Praealticus margaritarius (Snyder, 1908)
  * Praealticus margaritatus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
  * Praealticus multistriatus Bath, 1992
  * Praealticus natalis (Regan, 1909) (Christmas rockskipper)
  * Praealticus oortii (Bleeker, 1851)
  * Praealticus poptae (Fowler, 1925) (Marianas rockskipper)
  * Praealticus semicrenatus (W. M. Chapman, 1951)
  * Praealticus striatus Bath, 1992
  * Praealticus tanegasimae (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906)
  * Praealticus triangulus (W. M. Chapman, 1951)
  