Short-tassel weedfish

The short-tassel weedfish (Cologrammus flavescens) is a species of clinid native to the Pacific Ocean waters around New Zealand and Australia.[2] This species are known to feed on fishes and benthic crustaceans.[3] It is the only species in its genus.[4] Klunzinger's name, Clinus marmoratus, is a homonym and was preoccupied by Castelnau's Clinus marmoratus, rendering it invalid for this fish and this name is now considered to be a junior synonym of Cologrammus flavescens.[5]

Short-tassel weedfish

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Cologrammus
Species:
C. flavescens
Binomial name
Cologrammus flavescens
(F. W. Hutton, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Sticharium flavescens F. W. Hutton, 1872
  • Heteroclinus flavescens (F. W. Hutton, 1872)
  • Heteroclinus marmoratus (Klunzinger, 1872)
  • Clinus marmoratus Klunzinger, 1872

References
  1. Clements, K.D.; Holleman, W. & Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cologrammus flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179063A1565338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179063A1565338.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cologrammus flavescens" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Food items for Heteroclinus flavescens at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Cologrammus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "marmoratus, Clinus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1872". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2019.


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