Sailfin clinid

Myxodes cristatus

Fourteen Point Nine Centimeters Clinid Fish of Southeast Pacific

Temperate
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
South America
Small
Temperate fish

Myxodes cristatus, the sailfin clinid, is a species of clinid native to the Pacific coast of South America from central to southern Chile. The species was first described by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1829.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Myxodes
Maximum length: 14.9 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southeast Pacific: central to southern Chile.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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