Alticus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Blenniidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes

Similar Pacific leaping blenny, Entomacrodus, Alticus monochrus, Istiblennius, Alticus anjouanae

Alticus arnoldorum

Alticus is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

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)

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