Alticus
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Genus of fishes
| Alticus | |
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| Alticus arnoldorum hopping | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salariinae |
| Genus: | Alticus Lacepède, 1800 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Blennius saliens Lacepède, 1800[2]
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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
[edit ]There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[3]
- 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
[edit ]- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2012). "Alticus Lacepède, 1800". FishBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Alticus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alticus". FishBase . June 2024 version.
External links
[edit ]- Wikispecies logo Data related to Alticus at Wikispecies
- Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Alticus at Wikimedia Commons
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