| Heteroclinus macrophthalmus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Heteroclinus |
| Species: | H. macrophthalmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroclinus macrophthalmus Hoese, 1976 |
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Heteroclinus macrophthalmus, known commonly as the Large-eye weedfish or the Tasselled weedfish in Australia,[1] is a species of clinid in the genus Heteroclinus.[2] It is a temperate blenny found around southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2] It was named by Douglas F. Hoese in 1976,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres.[2]