''Alticus'' is a
genus
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of
combtooth blennies found in the
Pacific
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and
Indian ocean
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s. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.
Species
There are currently eight recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Alticus anjouanae''
( Fourmanoir, 1955)
* ''
Alticus arnoldorum''
(Curtiss
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, 1938) (Pacific leaping blenny)
* ''
Alticus kirkii''
( Günther, 1868) (Kirk's blenny)
* ''
Alticus monochrus''
Bleeker, 1869
* ''
Alticus montanoi''
(Sauvage Sauvage, French for "savage" may refer to:
; as a surname:
* Catherine Sauvage (1929–1998), a French singer and actress
* Cyrille Sauvage (born 1973), a French racing driver
* Frédéric Sauvage (1786–1857), a French boat builder who carried ...
, 1880)
* ''
Alticus saliens''
( J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
* ''
Alticus sertatus''
( Garman, 1903)
* ''
Alticus simplicirrus''
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)
References
External links
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Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Marine fish genera
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