Alticus saliens
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Alticus saliens is a species of combtooth blenny
found in the Pacific and Indian ocean
s. It was first named by Lacepède in 1800, and is commonly known as the Leaping blenny or the Jumping blenny.
The Leaping blenny is unusual because it spends its entire adult life on land in intertidal zones in Micronesia. They can move quickly with a tail twisting motion, or can "leap" several times their own body length. The fish are very social at mid-tide, using visual displays to warn off competitors and attract mates. Although they must remain moist to breathe, the Leaping blenny avoids submersion by tide waters. During high and low tide, they find shelter in crevices in the rocky shores where they live.
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...
s. It was first named by Lacepède in 1800, and is commonly known as the Leaping blenny or the Jumping blenny.
The Leaping blenny is unusual because it spends its entire adult life on land in intertidal zones in Micronesia. They can move quickly with a tail twisting motion, or can "leap" several times their own body length. The fish are very social at mid-tide, using visual displays to warn off competitors and attract mates. Although they must remain moist to breathe, the Leaping blenny avoids submersion by tide waters. During high and low tide, they find shelter in crevices in the rocky shores where they live.