Heteroclinus roseus

Heteroclinus roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Heteroclinus
Species: H. roseus
Binomial name
Heteroclinus roseus
(Günther, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Cristiceps roseus Günther, 1861
  • Petraites roseus (Günther, 1861)
  • Petraites sellularius Whitley, 1931

Heteroclinus roseus, the Rosy weedfish, is a species of clinid native to the Pacific Ocean coasts around Japan, Australia and Polynesia where it lives in coastal belts of seaweed. This species can reach a maximum length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, R., McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. 2010. Heteroclinus roseus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 17 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Heteroclinus roseus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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