''Alticus'' is a
genus
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of
combtooth blennies found in the
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
and
Indian oceans. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.
Species
There are currently ten recognized
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in this genus:
* ''
Alticus anjouanae''
( Fourmanoir, 1955)
* ''
Alticus arnoldorum''
( Curtiss, 1938) (Pacific leaping blenny)
* ''
Alticus kirkii
The Kirk's blenny (''Alticus kirkii'') is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus ''Alticus''. It was described by A. Günther in 1964, originally as a member of the genus '' Salarias''.Günther, A., 1868 (1 June) ef. 1993 ...
''
( Günther, 1868) (Kirk's blenny)
* ''
Alticus magnusi''
(Klausewitz, 1964)
* ''
Alticus monochrus
The Mascarene Combtooth Blenny (''Alticus monochrus''), is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus ''Alticus''. It is a tropical blenny found in the western Indian Ocean including the Comoros Mozambique, Madagascar, the Sey ...
''
Bleeker, 1869
* ''
Alticus montanoi''
( Sauvage, 1880)
* ''
Alticus orientalis
''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 ...
''
Tomiyama, 1955
* ''
Alticus saliens
The leaping blenny (''Alticus saliens''), also known as the jumping blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus ''Alticus''. ''
( J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
* ''
Alticus sertatus''
( Garman, 1903)
* ''
Alticus simplicirrus''
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)
References
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Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Marine fish genera
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