Alticus anjouanae
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Alticus anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1955) | |
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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. 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). Blennies in this species are oviparous and form distinct pairs when mating. They feed primarily off of benthic algae and weeds.