Heteroclinus equiradiatus
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Heteroclinus equiradiatus, known commonly as the Sevenbar weedfish in Australia
, is a species of clinid
in the genus Heteroclinus
. It is a temperate
blenny found around western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean
. It was named by N.E. Milward in 1960, originally under the name Petraites equiradiatus, and can reach a maximum length of 9.7 centimetres.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, is a species of clinid
Clinid
Clinids are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere...
in the genus Heteroclinus
Heteroclinus
Heteroclinus is a genus of clinids found in the western Indo-Pacific.-Species:* Adelaide's weedfish, Heteroclinus adelaidae * Natal weedfish, Heteroclinus antinectes...
. It is a temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
blenny found around western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It was named by N.E. Milward in 1960, originally under the name Petraites equiradiatus, and can reach a maximum length of 9.7 centimetres.