Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 30 - 34; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3 - 4; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 23. Pelvic fin rays thick, finger-like (Ref. 9002). Uniformly light brown to greenish; some pale mottling, usually a distinct dark stripe through eye, white on snout (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

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Large-nose weedfish , English , Australia

Largenose weedfish , English , Australia

Largenosed weedfish , English , Australia

大鼻异胎鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大鼻異胎鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Clinidae

Genus: Heteroclinus

Species: Heteroclinus nasutus (Günther, 1861)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits coastal rocky outcrops and usually found on shallow algae rock to about 10 m (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

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benthopelagic