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Leaping Blennies
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Leaping Blennies

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.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Alticus monochrus

speciesAlticus monochrus

Alticus magnusi

speciesAlticus magnusi

Pacific Leaping Blenny

speciesAlticus arnoldorum

Leaping Blenny

speciesAlticus saliens

Kirk's Blenny

speciesAlticus kirkii

Alticus orientalis

speciesAlticus orientalis

Montano's Rockskipper

speciesAlticus montanoi

Marquesan Rockskipper

speciesAlticus simplicirrus

Garlanded Rockskipper

speciesAlticus sertatus

Alticus andersonii

speciesAlticus andersonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86358.