Species Alticus saliens (Lacépède, 1800)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blennius saliens Lacépède, B.G. 1800. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 2 632 pp. 20 pls. [458, 479] [often attributed to Forster 1788, but we were unable to find the species in that reference].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (as Nouvelle-Bretagne).

 

Generic Combinations

• Alticus saliens (Lacépède, 1800). —
  Springer, V.G. 1971. Revision of the fish genus Ecsenius (Blenniidae, Blenniinae, Salariini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 72: 1-74 figs 1-36 [14]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef.

 

General References

Forster. J.R. 1788. Enchiridion historiae naturali inserviens, quo termini et delineationes ad avium, piscium, insectorum et plantarum adumbrationes intelligendas et concinnandas, secundum methodum systematis Linnaeani continentur. Paret 16. Halae : Prostat apud Hemmerde et Schwetschke 224 pp.

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [204] (Leaping Blenny)

Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp. [132] (Jumping Blenny)

 

History of changes

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