Heteroclinus
| Heteroclinus | |
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| Rosy Weedfish (H. roseus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Heteroclinus Castelnau, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau, 1872
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heteroclinus is a genus of clinids found in the western Indo-Pacific.
Species
[edit]There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau, 1872 (Adelaide's weedfish)
- Heteroclinus antinectes (Günther, 1861) (Natal weedfish)
- Heteroclinus eckloniae (McKay, 1970) (Kelp weedfish)
- Heteroclinus equiradiatus (Milward, 1960) (Sevenbar weedfish)
- Heteroclinus heptaeolus (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Ogilby's weedfish)
- Heteroclinus johnstoni (Saville-Kent, 1886) (Johnston's weedfish)
- Heteroclinus kuiteri Hoese & Rennis, 2006
- Heteroclinus macrophthalmus Hoese, 1976 (Large-eye weedfish)
- Heteroclinus marmoratus (Klunzinger, 1872) (Slender weedfish)
- Heteroclinus nasutus, (Günther, 1861) (Large-nose weedfish)
- Heteroclinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Common weedfish)
- Heteroclinus puellarum (E. O. G. Scott, 1955) (Little weedfish)
- Heteroclinus roseus (Günther, 1861) (Rosy weedfish)
- Heteroclinus tristis (Klunzinger, 1872) (Sharp-nose weedfish)
- Heteroclinus whiteleggii (J. D. Ogilby, 1894) (Whitelegg's weedfish)
- Heteroclinus wilsoni (A. H. S. Lucas, 1891) (Wilson's weedfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Clinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heteroclinus". FishBase. February 2019 version.
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