Alticus
| Alticus | |
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| Alticus arnoldorum hopping | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Alticus Lacepède, 1800 [1] |
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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 eight recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Alticus anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1955)
- Alticus arnoldorum (Curtiss, 1938) (Pacific leaping blenny)
- Alticus kirkii (Günther, 1868) (Kirk's blenny)
- Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
- Alticus montanoi (Sauvage, 1880)
- Alticus saliens (J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
- Alticus sertatus (Garman, 1903)
- Alticus simplicirrus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2012). Nicolas Bailly, ed. "Alticus Lacepède, 1800". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Alticus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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