Heteroclinus whiteleggii

Heteroclinus whiteleggii, Whitelegg's weedfish, is a species of clinid native to reefs around New South Wales, Australia. This species can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the naturalist Thomas Whitelegge (1850-1927) who was a friend of Ogilby's friend and who collected the type.[3]

Heteroclinus whiteleggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species:
H. whiteleggii
Binomial name
Heteroclinus whiteleggii
(J. D. Ogilby, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Clinus whiteleggii J. D. Ogilby, 1894
  • Heteroclinus whiteleggi (J. D. Ogilby, 1894)
  • Cristiceps fasciatus W.J. Macleay, 1881
  • Heteroclinus fasciatus (W.J. Macleay, 1881)

References
  1. Fricke, R.; McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. (2010). "Heteroclinus whiteleggii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154943A4673560. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154943A4673560.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Heteroclinus whiteleggii" 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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