Short-tassel weedfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Clinidae |
Genus: | Cologrammus |
Species: | C. flavescens
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Binomial name | |
Cologrammus flavescens (
F. W. Hutton, 1872)
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Synonyms | |
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The short-tassel weedfish (Cologrammus flavescens) is a species of clinid native to the Pacific Ocean waters around the Bass Strait and New Zealand. [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]