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Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae Combtooth blennies
Subfamily: Salariinae
Genus: Alticus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Alticus anjouanae Western Indian Ocean 7.6 TL 1955
Alticus arnoldorum Pacific leaping blenny Pacific Ocean 8 TL 1938
Alticus kirkii Kirk's blenny Indian Ocean 11 TL 1868
Alticus magnusi Western Indian Ocean 1964
Alticus monochrus Western Indian Ocean 10 TL 1869
Alticus montanoi Montano's Rockskipper Western Pacific 10 TL 1880
Alticus orientalis Northwestern Pacific 8.8 SL 1955
Alticus saliens Leaping blenny Indo-Pacific 10 TL 1788
Alticus sertatus Garlanded rockskipper Western Central Pacific. 8 TL 1903
Alticus simplicirrus Marquesan rockstripper Western Central Pacific. 12 SL 1971



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