''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, 1880)
* ''
Alticus saliens''
( J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
* ''
Alticus sertatus''
(Garman Garman is a surname or first name. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
* Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Judi Garman (born 1954), American softball coach
* Mike Garman (born 1949), American baseball pla ...
, 1903)
* ''
Alticus simplicirrus
''Alticus simplicirrus'', the Marquesan rockstripper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the central Pacific ocean, around the Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marque ...
''
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)
References
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Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Marine fish genera
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