Well-camouflaged bottom-dwelling fishes with reduced finger-like pelvic fins located under the rear of the head, the dorsal fin with a long-based spinous portion joined to a short soft-rayed portion, and the head adorned with slender orbital tentacle having a number of lobes. Large black spot present below first dorsal fin on each side.

At a glance

Habitat Amongst rocks, seagrass and algae in bays, tides pools and along the coast in depths of 0-10 m
Size Can grow to around 20cm
Origin Native
Distribution South-eastern Australia, including western and central Victoria and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia, including western and central Victoria and Tasmania
Habitat
Amongst rocks, seagrass and algae in bays, tides pools and along the coast in depths of 0-10 m
Size
Can grow to around 20cm
Common Name Common Weedfish
Aliases Robust Weedfish, Spotshoulder Weedfish,
Origin Native
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderBlennioidei
FamilyClinidae
GenusHeteroclinus
SpeciesHeteroclinus perspicillatus
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