Alticus anjouanae

Alticus anjouanae
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alticus
Species: Alticus anjouanae
(Fourmanoir, 1955)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Andamia anjouanae Fourmanoir, 1955
  • Damania anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1955)

Alticus anjouanae is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus Alticus. Fourmanoir originally placed this species in the genus Andamia.[4] It is a tropical blenny known from Comoros, Seychelles, and Réunion, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 7.6 centimetres (2.99 inches).[1] Blennies in this species are oviparous and form distinct pairs when mating.[5] They feed primarily off of benthic algae and weeds.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Alticus anjouanae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Alticus anjouanae at Catalogue of Life.
  3. ↑ Synonyms of Alticus anjouanae at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Fourmanoir, P., 1955 [ref. 12271] Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9: 187-239.
  5. ↑ Reproduction summary of Alticus anjouanae at www.fishbase.org.
  6. ↑ Food items for Alticus anjouanae at www.fishbase.org.

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