Clinidae

Large-nose weedfish

Heteroclinus nasutus

Nine Centimeters Clinid Fish from Southwest Pacific

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Heteroclinus nasutus, the large-nose weedfish, is a species of clinid that is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean coast of Australia where it prefers algae covered rocky outcrops along the coast down to a depth of about 10 metres (33 ft).