Alticus monochrus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Alticus monochrus1.jpg

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| image_caption = Male with elongated rays of the dorsal fin

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=Alticus monochrus |volume=2014 |page=e.T48321151A48362175 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48321151A48362175.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Alticus monochrus

| authority = Bleeker, 1869Bleeker, P., 1869 [ref. 426] Description de deux espèces inédites d'Alticus de Madagascar. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 3: 234-236.

| synonyms =

• Alticus aspilus Bleeker, 1869
• Damania monochrus (Bleeker, 1869)
• Salarias monochrus (Bleeker, 1869)

| synonyms_ref = [http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=9919&SynCode=33723&GenusName=Alticus&SpeciesName=monochrus Synonyms of Alticus monochrus] at www.fishbase.org.

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The Mascarene Combtooth Blenny (Alticus monochrus), is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus Alticus. It is a tropical blenny found in the western Indian Ocean including the Comoros Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles and the Mascarene Islands. It can reach a maximum total length of 10 centimetres (3.94 inches).[http://www.fishbase.gr/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Alticus&speciesname=monochrus Alticus monochrus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429045510/http://www.fishbase.gr/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Alticus&speciesname=monochrus |date=2012-04-29 }} at www.fishbase.org.[http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=238149&GenusSpecies=Alticus_monochrus Alticus monochrus] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120905060705/http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=238149&GenusSpecies=Alticus_monochrus |date=2012-09-05 }} at www.fishwise.co.za. The blennies feed primarily off of benthic algae.[http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=10242&genus=Alticus&species=monochrus Food items reported for Alticus monochrus] at www.fishbase.org. They are oviparous.

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