Alticus

Alticus
Alticus arnoldorum hopping
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salariinae
Genus:	Alticus Lacepède, 1800
Type species
Blennius saliens Lacepède, 1800
Synonyms
Rupiscartes Swainson, 1839 Damania Smith, 1959

Alticus is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:

• Alticus anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1955)
• Alticus arnoldorum (Curtiss, 1938) (Pacific leaping blenny)
• Alticus kirkii (Günther, 1868) (Kirk's blenny)
• Alticus magnusi (Klausewitz, 1964)
• Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
• Alticus montanoi (Sauvage, 1880)
• Alticus orientalis Tomiyama, 1955
• Alticus saliens (J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
• Alticus sertatus (Garman, 1903)
• Alticus simplicirrus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)

References

External links

• Data related to Alticus at Wikispecies
• Media related to Alticus at Wikimedia Commons

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