Heteroclinus whiteleggii (Ogilby, 1894)

Banded Weedfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:02c37e92-7ada-4b80-a6aa-80715f3d1845

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
    Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

The species has a short-based first dorsal fin connected by membrane to a long-based second dorsal fin. The finger-like pelvic fin rays are positioned below the gill openings. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern
Common_Name: Whiteleggs weedfish;Banded weedfish
Max_size: 100 mm
Distribution: West Pacific, Australia
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Depth: (0–8 m)
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Heteroclinus whiteleggii

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Cristiceps fasciatus Macleay, 1881
Published in: Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 6 (1) pp. 1-138 pls 1-2
Clinus whiteleggii Ogilby, 1894
Published in: Ogilby, J.D. 1894. Description of five new fishes from the Australasian region. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 2 Vol. 9 (2) pp. 367-374

Common Names

Common name Source
Banded Weedfish
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Whitelegg's Weedfish
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Long-nosed Weed-fish
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
BLENNIOIDEI
family
CLINIDAE
genus
Heteroclinus
species
Heteroclinus whiteleggii  Recorded in Australia

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