Heteroclinus perspicillatus

Heteroclinus perspicillatus
Heteroclinus perspicillatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species: H. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Heteroclinus perspicillatus
Valenciennes, 1836
Synonyms
  • Clinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836)[1]
  • Clinus despicillatus (Richardson, 1839)[1]
  • Cristiceps robustus (Günther, 1867)[1]
  • Neoblennius fasciatus (Castelnau, 1875)[1]

Heteroclinus perspicillatus, known commonly as the Common weedfish in Australia,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Heteroclinus.[3] It is a temperate blenny found in rocky reefs around southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[3] It was named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836, originally under the name Clinus perspicillatus,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 20 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos,[5] and are preyed upon by bony fish including Platycephalus laevigatus, Asymbolus vincenti, and Gymnapistes marmorarus.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Synonyms of Heteroclinus perspicillatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Heteroclinus perspicillatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Heteroclinus perspicillatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Cuvier, G., and A. Valenciennes, 1836 (July) [ref. 1005] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343.
  5. ^ Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition of Heteroclinus perspicillatus at www.fishbase.org.
  6. ^ Organisms preying on Heteroclinus perspicillatus at www.fishbase.org.


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