Description

Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 25 - 27.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Alticus

Species: Alticus saliens (Forster, 1788)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Intertidal, actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air (skipper) (Ref. 31184). Live in moist shaded pockets of pitted limestone in the spray zone, leaping from hole to hole when disturbed (Ref. 1602). Breathe air when out of water (Ref. 31184). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

Habitat

demersal