Heteroclinus puellarum

Heteroclinus puellarum
Heteroclinus puellarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species: H. puellarum
Binomial name
Heteroclinus puellarum
Scott, 1955
Synonyms
  • Clinus puellarum (Scott, 1955)[1]

Heteroclinus puellarum, known commonly as the Little weedfish or the Girls weedfish in Australia,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Heteroclinus.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found around southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[3] It was named by E.O.G. Scott in 1955, originally under the name Clinus puellarum,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Heteroclinus puellarum at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Heteroclinus puellarum at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Heteroclinus puellarum at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Scott, E.O.G., 1955 [ref. 12472] Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: part VII. Papers and Proceedings Royal Society of Tasmania v. 89: 131-146, 1 pl.


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