Alticus

Leaping Blennies

As recorded: Alticus Lacepède, 1800

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Blenniidae

Collected by: J.E. Randall and A. FriedlanderA. Friedlander →Johnson Randall →
Date: March 6, 1983
Locality: Tongatapu Island; middle of SW coast; Secret Cove Beach; tidepools in rough limestone at low tide
Island: Tongatapu Island
Record type: Preserved specimen

17 Bishop specimens of Alticus · collected 1964–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 6, 1983, J.E. Randall and A. Friedlander also collected 14 other specimens.

Abudefduf sordidus

Ichthyology

Blenniella caudolineata

Ichthyology

Chaetodon lunula

Ichthyology

Chrysiptera glauca

Ichthyology

Entomacrodus decussatus

Ichthyology

Istiblennius

Ichthyology

Istiblennius edentulus

Ichthyology

Istiblennius lineatus

Ichthyology

Kuhlia mugil

Ichthyology

Praealticus caesius

Ichthyology

Praealticus multistriatus

Ichthyology

Priolepis semidoliata

Ichthyology

Rhabdoblennius nigropunctatus

Ichthyology

Thalassoma trilobatum

Ichthyology

Alticus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 401 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-04.