Ophiclinus pectoralis

Ophiclinus pectoralis
Ophiclinus pectoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Ophiclinus
Species: O. pectoralis
Binomial name
Ophiclinus pectoralis
George & Springer, 1980

Ophiclinus pectoralis, known commonly as the Whiteblotch snakeblenny in Australia,[1] is a species of clinid in the genus Ophiclinus.[2] It is a tropical blenny found in reefs around western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2] It was named by A. George and Victor Grushcka Springer in 1980,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Ophiclinus pectoralis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Ophiclinus pectoralis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ George, A. and V.G. Springer 1980 (13 June) [ref. 6935] Revision of the clinid fish tribe Ophiclinini, including five new species, and definition of the family Clinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 307: i-iii + 1-31.


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