# Alticus

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***Alticus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [combtooth blennies](/source/Combtooth_blenny) found in the [Pacific](/source/Pacific) and [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) oceans. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.

## Species

There are currently ten recognized [species](/source/Species) in this genus:[3]

- *[Alticus anjouanae](/source/Alticus_anjouanae)* ([Fourmanoir](/source/Pierre_Fourmanoir), 1955)
- *[Alticus arnoldorum](/source/Alticus_arnoldorum)* ([Curtiss](/source/Anthony_Curtiss), 1938) (Pacific leaping blenny)
- *[Alticus kirkii](/source/Alticus_kirkii)* ([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1868) (Kirk's blenny)
- *[Alticus magnusi](/source/Alticus_magnusi)* (Klausewitz, 1964)
- *[Alticus monochrus](/source/Alticus_monochrus)* [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1869
- *[Alticus montanoi](/source/Alticus_montanoi)* ([Sauvage](/source/Henri_%C3%89mile_Sauvage), 1880)
- *[Alticus orientalis](/source/Alticus_orientalis)* Tomiyama, 1955
- *[Alticus saliens](/source/Alticus_saliens)* ([J. R. Forster](/source/Johann_Reinhold_Forster), 1788) (Leaping blenny)
- *[Alticus sertatus](/source/Alticus_sertatus)* ([Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1903)
- *[Alticus simplicirrus](/source/Alticus_simplicirrus)* [Smith-Vaniz](/source/William_Farr_Smith-Vaniz) & [V. G. Springer](/source/Victor_Gruschka_Springer), 1971 (Marquesan rockstripper)

## References

1. "*Alticus* Lacepède, 1800". 2012. 204406. Retrieved June 23, 2012.

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