Super klipfish
A species of Weedfishes Scientific name : Clinus superciliosus Genus : Weedfishes
Super klipfish, A species of Weedfishes
Botanical name: Clinus superciliosus
Genus: Weedfishes
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Description
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Size up to 30 cm, robust and slightly compressed. Males have tall dorsal crest comprising first three spines followed by deep notch in the membrane and the rest of the dorsal fin,. Females have a lower more rounded crest. The head is large and pointed, with a large mouth and thick lips. Prominent cirri above the eyes, which may be barely branched or quite bushy in mature adults. Colour highly variable, from white through yellow, orange, red, and brown to dark green. A dark mark on the upper part of the operdulum is common. Body patterning varies with a few distinct patterns. No pattern, with near uniform body colour; a broad white band from behind the eye, actoss the opercle, tapering to the caudal fin, which may be continuous or broken, with the rest of the body roughly uniform in colour; or highly mottled with vertical and horizontal bars and bands. Head pattern variable, ranging from broad oblique bars to a complex reticulated pattern. Eyes have broad radiating bars in body colour, red or yellow iris. Pectoral fins in body colour with translucent membrane.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Fish Order
Perch-like fish Family
Clinids Genus
Weedfishes Species
Super klipfish