Alticus anjouanae
Appearance
Alticus anjouanae | |
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Trois-Bassins, La Réunion | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Alticus |
Species: | A. anjouanae
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Binomial name | |
Alticus anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1955)
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Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Alticus anjouanae is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus Alticus. Fourmanoir originally placed this species in the genus Andamia.[4] It is a tropical blenny known from Comoros, Seychelles, and Réunion, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 7.6 centimetres (2.99 inches).[5] Blennies in this species are oviparous and form distinct pairs when mating.[5] They feed primarily off of benthic algae and weeds.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Alticus anjouanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T61935587A61935687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T61935587A61935687.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Alticus anjouanae at Catalogue of Life.
- ^ Synonyms of Alticus anjouanae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Fourmanoir, P., 1955 [ref. 12271] Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9: 187-239.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alticus anjouanae". FishBase. October 2018 version.