Springeratus xanthosoma
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Springeratus xanthosoma is a species of clinid
in the genus Springeratus
. It is a subtropical blenny found in the western Pacific
and Indian Ocean
. It was named by Pieter Bleeker
in 1857, and can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres.
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 subtropical blenny found in the western Pacific
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 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 Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
in 1857, and can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres.