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 ten recognized species in this genus:
- Alticus anjouanae <small>(Fourmanoir, 1955)</small>
- Alticus arnoldorum <small>(Curtiss, 1938)</small> (Pacific leaping blenny)
- Alticus kirkii <small>(Günther, 1868)</small> (Kirk's blenny)
- Alticus magnusi <small>(Klausewitz, 1964)</small>
- Alticus monochrus <small>Bleeker, 1869</small>
- Alticus montanoi <small>(Sauvage, 1880)</small>
- Alticus orientalis <small>Tomiyama, 1955</small>
- Alticus saliens <small>(J. R. Forster, 1788)</small> (Leaping blenny)
- Alticus sertatus <small>(Garman, 1903)</small>
- Alticus simplicirrus <small>Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971</small> (Marquesan rockstripper)
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