Ophiclinops
Encyclopedia
Ophiclinops is a genus of clinids found in the western Pacific
and eastern Indian Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
and 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...
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Species
- Earspot snakeblenny, Ophiclinops hutchinsiOphiclinops hutchinsiOphiclinops hutchinsi, known commonly as the Earspot snakeblenny in Australia, is a species of clinid in the genus Ophiclinops. It is a subtropical blenny found in reefs around southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean, Blennies in this species swim between 13 and 15 metres...
(George & Springer, 1980) - Spotted snakeblenny, Ophiclinops pardalisOphiclinops pardalisOphiclinops pardalis, known commonly as the Spotted snakeblenny in Australia, is a species of clinid in the genus Ophiclinops. It is a subtropical blenny found around southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was named by A.R. McCulloch and E.R. Waite in 1918, originally under the name...
(McCulloch & Waite, 1918) - Variegated snake-blenny, Ophiclinops variusOphiclinops variusOphiclinops varius, known commonly as the Variegated snake-blenny in Australia, is a species of clinid in the genus Ophiclinops. It is a subtropical blenny found around southern Australia, in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. It was named by A.R. McCulloch and E.R...
(McCulloch & Waite, 1918)