• Springeratus Shen, S.-C. 1971. A new genus of clinid fishes from the Indo-West-Pacific, with a redescription of Clinus nematopterus. Copeia 1971(4): 697-707 [700].

  Type species:

   Clinus xanthosoma Bleeker, 1857 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Clinus xanthosoma Bleeker, P. 1857. Descriptiones specierum piscium javanensium novarum vel minus cognitarum diagnosticae. Natuurkundige tijdschrift voor Nederland-Indië 13: 323-368 [340].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 4798, Karang-Bollong Bay, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Springeratus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1874) [incorrect application of name; species belongs in a different family]. —
  Hoese, D.F. 2006. Families Tripterygiidae and Clinidae. pp. 1517-1539 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Townshend Island (24º12'S) to Heron Island (26º26'S), QLD, material from south-west Pacific may represent an undescribed species; subtropical, south-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef.

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Caledonian Weedfish)

History of changes