Ophiclinus ningulus

Ophiclinus ningulus
Ophiclinus ningulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Ophiclinus
Species: O. ningulus
Binomial name
Ophiclinus ningulus
George & Springer, 1980

Ophiclinus ningulus, known commonly as the Variable snake-blenny in Australia,[1] is a species of clinid in the genus Ophiclinus.[2] It is a subtropical blenny found in reefs around southern Australia, in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.[2] It was named by A. George and Victor Grushcka Springer in 1980,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 7.5 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Ophiclinus ningulus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Ophiclinus ningulus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ George, A. and V.G. Springer 1980 (13 June) [ref. 6935] Revision of the clinid fish tribe Ophiclinini, including five new species, and definition of the family Clinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 307: i-iii + 1-31.


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