| Heteroclinus heptaeolus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Heteroclinus |
| Species: | H. heptaeolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroclinus heptaeolus Ogilby, 1885 |
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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]