Biology:Alticus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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| File:Alticus arnoldorum hopping - pone.0011197.s007.ogv | |
| Alticus arnoldorum hopping | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| 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
There are currently eight 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 monochrus Bleeker, 1869
- Alticus montanoi (Sauvage, 1880)
- Alticus saliens (J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
- Alticus sertatus (Garman, 1903)
- Alticus simplicirrus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)
References
- ↑ "Alticus Lacepède, 1800". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204406.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Alticus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=577.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alticus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2906827 entry
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