Clinidae

Large-eye weedfish

Heteroclinus macrophthalmus

Ten Centimeters Clinid Fish of Australian Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Temperate fish

Heteroclinus macrophthalmus, the large-eye weedfish, is a species of clinid native to Indian Ocean waters around southern Australia where it prefers beds of sea-grass and algal reefs down to a depth of about 18 metres (59 ft).