Alticus monochrus

Alticus monochrus
Male with elongated rays of the dorsal fin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alticus
Species: A. monochrus
Binomial name
Alticus monochrus
Bleeker, 1869[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Alticus aspilus Bleeker, 1869
  • Damania monochrus (Bleeker, 1869)
  • Salarias monochrus (Bleeker, 1869)

Alticus monochrus is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus Alticus. It is a tropical blenny found in Madagascar and Réunion, in the western Indian Ocean. It can reach a maximum total length of 10 centimetres (3.94 inches).[3][4] The blennies feed primarily off of benthic algae.[5] They are oviparous.[3]

Alticus monochrus observed in Mauritius

References

  1. Bleeker, 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.
  2. Synonyms of Alticus monochrus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Alticus monochrus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Alticus monochrus at www.fishwise.co.za.
  5. Food items reported for Alticus monochrus at www.fishbase.org.

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