Alticus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Alticus arnoldorum hopping - pone.0011197.s007.ogv

| image_caption = Alticus arnoldorum hopping

| taxon = Alticus

| authority = Lacepède, 1800 {{cite WoRMS |year=2012 |title=Alticus Lacepède, 1800|db=FishBase |id=204406 |accessdate=June 23, 2012}}

| type_species = Blennius saliens

| type_species_authority = Lacepède, 1800{{Cof record|genid=577|title=Alticus|access-date=24 February 2019}}

| synonyms =

  • Rupiscartes Swainson, 1839
  • Damania Smith, 1959

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

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:{{FishBase genus | genus = Alticus| month = June| year = 2024}}

References

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