''Scartichthys'' is a genus 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 tropical ...

found in the

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and

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Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''

Scartichthys crapulatus ''Scartichthys crapulatus'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Pacific ocean, and is endemic to Chile. This species reaches a length of SL. Etymology The species name "''crapulatus''" (Latin for "drunk") refers to the s ...

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, 1990 * ''

Scartichthys gigas ''Scartichthys gigas'', the giant blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Panama to northern Chile. Members of this species feed primarily off of plants (including benthic algae and weeds), crustaceans, ...

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, 1876) (Giant blenny) * ''

Scartichthys variolatus ''Scartichthys variolatus'' is a species of combtooth blenny found around islands in the southeast Pacific ocean, the Desventuradas Islands and the Juan Fernandez Islands ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. I ...

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, 1836) * ''

Scartichthys viridis ''Scartichthys viridis'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Pacific ocean, from Peru to Chile. Members of this species feed primarily off of plants (including benthic algae and weeds), phytoplankton, amphipods, and mollusks ...

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, 1836)

References

Salarinae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann {{Blenniidae-stub