Alticus montanoi, Montano's rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae).[1][3] It is a tropical blenny, and is known from the western Pacific Ocean, from around the Philippines northwards to Japan. It lives in the intertidal zone of exposed rocky shores and is often out of the water.[1] The blennies are oviparous, and form distinct pairs when mating. They feed primarily off of benthic algae.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Alticus |
| Species: | A. montanoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alticus montanoi (Sauvage, 1880)
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Etymology edit
The specific name honors the collector of the type, the French ethnologist Joseph Montaro.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Williams, J.T. (2014). "Alticus montanoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48321164A48361844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48321164A48361844.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Sauvage, H.E., 1880. Description de quelques Blennioïdes de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4: 215–220.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Alticus montanoi" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
External links edit
- Alticus montanoi at www.fishwise.co.za.
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