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Alticops Smith, 1948 
AphiaID: 204220

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Blenniella Reid, 1943
Rank Genus
Parent Blenniidae
Sources  basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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taxa

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Species Alticops edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Istiblennius edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801)
Species Alticops gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Alticops oryx (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Istiblennius rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Link To ITIS
Note  Remark: Genus is placed in family Salariidae in Macnae, W. & Kalk, M. (1958). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204220
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2000-09-15 09:30:27Z  created  Govaerts, Ann
2006-09-05 06:52:51Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-12 07:07:31Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alticops Smith, 1948. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204220 on 2013-05-24
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