''Springeratus caledonicus'', the Caledonian weedfish, is a species of
clinid
Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemis ...
found around
New Caledonia
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and
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. This species placement in the family Clinidae has been questioned with some feeling that it is best placed in the family
Microdesmidae.
California Academy of Sciences, Catalog of Fishes
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References
caledonicus
Fish described in 1874
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