Dr. Glen Whisson, Aqua Research and Monitoring Services, Australien
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Heteroclinus adelaidae is a small kelp fish commonly found in algal areas in shallow waters, in inconspicuous reefs in bays protected from wave action
This species occurs in seagrass beds and on reefs covered with macroalgae, often in muddy areas.
In southwestern Western Australia, the species has also been recorded in nearshore surf zones, and in Victoria the species has also been observed feeding in shallow salt marshes.
Heteroclinus adelaidae is a relatively small, brownish to tan fish that is usually speckled laterally, often with a white bar behind the eye to the pectoral fin base that continues as a stripe along the side, and usually with black scales on the anterior lateral line.
It has a first dorsal fin that emerges above the posterior margin of the preopercle, a small, low orbital tentacle (less than the pupal diameter), and a short, rounded nasal tentacle.
Similar species:
Heteroclinus kuiteri, but the first dorsal fin begins more posteriorly, and Heteroclinus macrophthalmus.
Synonym: Cristiceps phillipi Lucas, 1891
This species occurs in seagrass beds and on reefs covered with macroalgae, often in muddy areas.
In southwestern Western Australia, the species has also been recorded in nearshore surf zones, and in Victoria the species has also been observed feeding in shallow salt marshes.
Heteroclinus adelaidae is a relatively small, brownish to tan fish that is usually speckled laterally, often with a white bar behind the eye to the pectoral fin base that continues as a stripe along the side, and usually with black scales on the anterior lateral line.
It has a first dorsal fin that emerges above the posterior margin of the preopercle, a small, low orbital tentacle (less than the pupal diameter), and a short, rounded nasal tentacle.
Similar species:
Heteroclinus kuiteri, but the first dorsal fin begins more posteriorly, and Heteroclinus macrophthalmus.
Synonym: Cristiceps phillipi Lucas, 1891
