Heteroclinus heptaeolus

Heteroclinus heptaeolus
Heteroclinus heptaeolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species: H. heptaeolus
Binomial name
Heteroclinus heptaeolus
Ogilby, 1885
Synonyms
  • Petraites heptaeolus (Ogilby, 1885)[1]

Heteroclinus heptaeolus, known commonly as the Ogilby's weedfish or the Seven-bar weedfish in Australia,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Heteroclinus.[3] It is a temperate blenny found around southern Australia, in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.[3] It was named by J.D. Ogilby in 1885, originally under the name Petraites heptaeolus,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Heteroclinus heptaeolus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Heteroclinus heptaeolus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Heteroclinus heptaeolus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Ogilby, J.D., 1885 (31 July) [ref. 3262] Notes and descriptions of some rare Port Jackson fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 10 (pt 2): 119-123, 225-232, 445-447.


This Clinidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.