Alticus
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Alticus is a genus of combtooth blennies
found in the Pacific and Indian ocean
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Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
found in the Pacific and Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
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Species
- Alticus anjouanaeAlticus anjouanaeAlticus anjouanae is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean. It was first named by Fourmanoir in 1955, and can reach a maximum length of 7.6 centimetres....
(Fourmanoir, 1955) - Pacific leaping blenny Alticus arnoldorumAlticus arnoldorumAlticus arnoldorum is a species of combtooth blenny found at reefs in the tropical west and south Pacific. It is commonly known as the Pacific leaping blenny or the leaping rockskipper....
(Curtiss, 1938) - Kirk's blenny Alticus kirkiiAlticus kirkiiAlticus kirkii is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Indian ocean. It was first named by Günther in 1868, and is commonly known as the Kirk's blenny....
(Günther, 1868) - Alticus monochrusAlticus monochrusAlticus monochrus is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1869, and can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres....
(Bleeker, 1869) - Alticus montanoiAlticus montanoiAlticus montanoi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific ocean, in the South China Sea. It was first named by Sauvage in 1880....
(Sauvage, 1880) - Leaping blenny Alticus saliensAlticus saliensAlticus saliens is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by Lacepède in 1800, and is commonly known as the Leaping blenny or the Jumping blenny....
(Lacepède, 1800) - Alticus sertatusAlticus sertatusAlticus sertatus is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Central Pacific ocean. It was first named by Garman in 1903....
(Garman, 1903) - Marquesan rockstripper Alticus simplicirrusAlticus simplicirrusAlticus simplicirrus is a species of combtooth blenny found in the central Pacific ocean, around the Marquesas Islands. It was first named by Smith-Vaniz and Springer in 1971, and is commonly known as the Marquesan rockstripper....
(Smith-Vaniz & Springer, 1971)