🦋 Family

Clinidae

14 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Clinidae

Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908

Clinus arborescens is a viviparous clinid fish with distinctive fin markings and varied body coloration.

Clinus cottoides Valenciennes, 1836

Clinus cottoides is a viviparous clinid fish with distinct color patterns and specific morphological traits.

Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clinus superciliosus is a variably coloured fish from southern Africa, found from rock pools to 50m depth.

Clinus venustris Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908

Clinus venustris is a small viviparous clinid fish endemic to Southern African coasts with distinctive variable colour patterns.

Cristiceps australis Valenciennes, 1836

The crested weedfish (Cristiceps australis) is a clinid species found in southern Australian subtidal seaweed habitats, reaching 18 cm in total length.

Cristiceps aurantiacus Castelnau, 1879

Cristiceps aurantiacus is a species of clinid found in Australia and New Zealand that feeds on crustaceans and small fish.

Gibbonsia elegans (Cooper, 1864)

Gibbonsia elegans, the spotted kelpfish, is a small reef fish found in the coastal waters of southern California and Baja.

Gibbonsia metzi Hubbs, 1927

Gibbonsia metzi (striped kelpfish) is a Pacific North American clinid fish that lives in shallow tide pools and kelp beds.

Gibbonsia montereyensis Hubbs, 1927

Gibbonsia montereyensis, the crevice kelpfish, is a small cold-water blenny found along the Pacific coast of North America.

Heteroclinus roseus (Günther, 1861)

The Rosy weedfish Heteroclinus roseus is a clinid found in Pacific coastal seaweed, reaching 15 cm in maximum total length.

Heteroclinus whiteleggii (Ogilby, 1894)

Whitelegg's weedfish (Heteroclinus whiteleggii) is a small clinid fish native to reefs around New South Wales, Australia.

Heteroclinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Heteroclinus perspicillatus, the common weedfish, is an ovoviviparous clinid fish native to southern Australia.

Heteroclinus tristis (Klunzinger, 1872)

The sharp-nose weedfish Heteroclinus tristis is a clinid from southern Australia that grows to 30 cm long and eats fish, shrimp and prawns.

Heterostichus rostratus Girard, 1854

Heterostichus rostratus, the giant kelpfish, is a cryptic North American west coast kelp-dwelling clinid fish.

Related Families

Labridae 155 species Pomacentridae 142 species Gobiidae 120 species Serranidae 103 species Blenniidae 86 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Carangidae 53 species

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