Heteroclinus flavescens

Heteroclinus flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species: H. flavescens
Binomial name
Heteroclinus flavescens
Hutton, 1872
Synonyms
  • Sticharium flavescens (Hutton, 1872)[1]
  • Cologrammus flavescens (Hutton, 1872)[1]
  • Clinus marmoratus (Klunzinger, 1872)[1]

Heteroclinus flavescens, known commonly as the Short-tassel weedfish in Australia,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Heteroclinus.[3] It is a temperate blenny found around New Zealand and Australia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[3] It was named by F.W. Hutton in 1872, originally under the name Sticharium flavescens, and later under Cologrammus flavescens.[4] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of finfish and benthic crustaceans.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Synonyms of Heteroclinus flavescens at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Heteroclinus flavescens at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Heteroclinus flavescens at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Hutton, F.W., 1872 [ref. 2287] Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species [Followed by an article by J. Hector, Notes on the edible fishes, pp. 95-133]. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington. Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species.: 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12.
  5. ^ Food items for Heteroclinus flavescens at www.fishbase.org.