Orange clinid
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| Orange Clinid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Ericentrus Gill, 1893 |
| Species: | E. rubrus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ericentrus rubrus (Hutton, 1872) |
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The orange clinid, Ericentrus rubrus, is a weedfish of the genus Ericentrus, found around New Zealand in rock pools and from low water to depths of about 15 m, in reef areas. It is the only member of its genus.
[edit] References
- "Ericentrus rubrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=638488. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ericentrus rubrus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8