Heteroclinus johnstoni

Heteroclinus johnstoni, or Johnston's weedfish, is a species of clinid native to the waters along the around southern Australian coast where it prefers reefs with tall seaweed growth at depths down to about 50 metres (160 ft). This species can reach a maximum length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the statistician and scientist Robert Mackenzie Johnston (1843-1918).[3]

Heteroclinus johnstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species:
H. johnstoni
Binomial name
Heteroclinus johnstoni
(Saville-Kent, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Clinus johnstoni Saville-Kent, 1886

References

  1. Williams, J.T.; Holleman, W. & Clements, K.D. (2014). "Heteroclinus johnstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178945A1551130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178945A1551130.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Heteroclinus johnstoni" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2019.


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