General Description
Body strongly compressed, rather deep; tail base and tail fin short; last 2 fin rays of second dorsal fin widely separated from preceding fin rays, last ray connected to base of tail fin; pelvic fins each with a tiny spine and 3 rays (inner ray short); orbital tentacle short, less than half eye diameter. Brownish with horizontal brown or silver bar behind eye and often darker bars on back. To 12 cm.
Biology
Like many other fishes in the family Clinidae, this species has internal fertilisation and gives birth to live young.
Distribution
Southern Australia.
Habitat
On shallow rocky reefs with brown macroalgae, in depths of 0-20 m.
More Information
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Animal Type
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Brief Id
Compressed body, horizontal brown or silver bar behind eye, often darker bars on back.
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Maximum Size
12 cm
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
DSE Advisory List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Not listed
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Depths
Shore (0-1 m), Shallow (1-30 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
(Ogilby, 1885)
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Common Name
Ogilby's Weedfish
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Species Name
heptaeolus
