Alticus

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

Alticus
Alticus arnoldorum hopping
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Alticus Lacepède, 1800 [1]
Type species
Blennius saliens Lacepède, 1800[2]
Synonyms
Rupiscartes Swainson, 1839 Damania Smith, 1959

Species

There are currently ten 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 magnusi (Klausewitz, 1964)
• Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
• Alticus montanoi (Sauvage, 1880)
• Alticus orientalis Tomiyama, 1955
• Alticus saliens (J. R. Forster, 1788) (Leaping blenny)
• Alticus sertatus (Garman, 1903)
• Alticus simplicirrus Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)