Springeratus polyporatus
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Springeratus polyporatus is a species of clinid
in the genus Springeratus
. It is a tropical blenny found around Réunion
and Mauritius
, in the western Indian Ocean
. It was named by Fraser in 1972, and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres. Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 15 metres.
Clinid
Clinids are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere...
in the genus Springeratus
Springeratus
Springeratus is a genus of clinids found in the southwestern Pacific and western Indian Ocean.-Species:* Caledonian weedfish, Springeratus caledonicus * Springeratus polyporatus...
. It is a tropical blenny found around Réunion
Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
and Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, in the western 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...
. It was named by Fraser in 1972, and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres. Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 15 metres.