Ophiclinops hutchinsi George & Springer 1980

Remarks: pectorals tiny, length less than eye diameter.

Dorsal spines (total): 56 - 59; Dorsal soft rays (total): 1; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 43 - 45

Found in areas with seagrass, reef and weed (Ref. 33839). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Ophiclinops hutchinsi

DESCRIPTION.—Dorsal fin LVI–LIX, 1; anal fin II, 43–45; anal-fin origin at vertical from base of 13th or 14th dorsal-fin spine; pectoral-fin rays 6–7; caudal fin 2–3–15-3; vertebrae 22–23–47=68–70; vomerine teeth uniserial; cephalic sensory pores simple; depressed tube of anterior nostril extending ventrally beyond dorsal margin of upper lip; hooklike process on cleithrum present or absent.

Lateral Line: Dorsoanterior series of 2 pores, connected by diagonal series of pits to posterior midlateral series of pits; pored series originating approximately at point above posterior ½−1/3 of opercle length; posterior midlateral series of pits ending on posterior portion of caudal peduncle.

Color Pattern: Head: sides brown mottled; ventral surface pale or brown mottled; orbital rim may be banded with brown; 2 or 3 short, dark postorbital stripes; wide, brown stripe on upper ¼ of head; in 2 specimens (male and female), a conspicuous dark blotch is present on the upper ½ of the opercle (we did not observe this blotch in our specimens of the closely related O. pardalis, but the blotch occurs on the South Australian specimen of O. pardalis figured in McCulloch and Waite, 1918); dorsal surface pale with small, dark spots or speckling. Body: brown mottled with small, dark spots, which may form linear series on dorsal ¼ of body, along horizontal septum, and above anal-fin base; immaculate pale area extending from dorsoposterior portion of head along dorsal body contour for most of length of dorsal fin; ventral to pale area, a diffuse, broad, brown area paralleled ventrally by diffuse paler stripes along horizontal septum and above anal-fin base. Dorsal and anal fins: pale with dark spots and speckling. Pectoral fin: pale with dark speckling. Pelvic fin pale or brown mottled. Caudal fin: pale with scattered fine dusky spots.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—N = 14, SL = 21.7–112 mm. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: FIDDLERS BAY, USNM 218774 (36.3); PORT VICTORIA, USNM 218782 (2: 21.7–23.0); KANGAROO ISLAND, SAMA F4357 (4: 52.5–63.0), AMS I.20179–020 (58.0), AMS I.20189–034 (33.5), AMS I.20193–004 (3: 36.5–71.3); ST. VINCENT GULF, SAMA F656 (112), ZIL 44077 (radiograph of syntype of Neogunellus homacanthus, which name we restrict under Ophiclinus antarcticus).

Ophiclinops varius (McCulloch and Waite)

Ophiclinus varius McCulloch and Waite, 1918:57, fig. 30 [holotype: SAMA F.503, South Australia, Kangaroo Island].

DESCRIPTION.—Dorsal fin XL–XLV,1; anal fin II, 27–29; anal-fin origin at vertical from base of 13th–15th dorsal-fin spine; pectoral-fin rays 6–10; caudal fin 2–4 + 12–14 (usually 13) + 3–4; vertebrae 19–22 (20–21 in 49 of 52 specimens) + 31–33 = 51–55; vomerine teeth uniserial; cephalic sensory canal pore positions with single pores; depressed tube of anterior nostril fails to reach ventrally beyond dorsal margin of upper lip; hooklike process on cleithrum absent.

Lateral Line: A dorsoanterior series of 2 or 3 pores and a posterior, midlateral series of pits; pored series originating above vertical over posterior ½–1/3 of opercle length; midlateral series of pits originating anterior to and below level of dorsal-fin origin and ending on caudal peduncle.

Color Pattern: Head: sides brown mottled; bands present on ventral surface; in 10 specimens, 32.0–43.0 mm SL, a wide, pale stripe extends from posterior margin of orbit to posterior margin of opercle; pale stripe not present in 9 specimens 14.0–28.0 mm SL; orbital rim banded with brown; 2 or 3 short, dark postorbital stripes; light-brown to black interorbital band usually present; dorsally, a wide, pale stripe extends from premaxillary to dark interorbital band or to dorsal-fin origin; tubed anterior nostrils dark brown, but may be unpigmented. Body: light brown with black blotches and white mottlings; series of black markings below dorsal-fin base, along horizontal septum, and midway between horizontal septum and ventral profile; faint, brown stripes on body present in 3 of 10 specimens, ventral surface of body darkly pigmented. Dorsal fin: brown, heavily mottled and banded with dark brown, or brown with white mottlings; brown or white spots present below dorsal-fin base; white spots may occur along horizontal septum. Anal fin: anterior ½–¾ pale with brown bands or blotches; posterior portion dark brown with pale fin-ray tips. Pectoral fin: pale with brown mottlings. Pelvic fin: 5–10 brown bands. Caudal peduncle: typically pale. Caudal fin: dark brown with tips of fin rays pale. Life colors: refer to E.O.G. Scott (1966) and McCulloch and Waite (1918).

Ophiclinops hutchinsi, the Earspot snakeblenny, is a species of clinid native to reefs with seagrass or weed growth at depths of from 13 to 15 metres (43 to 49 ft) along the coast of south east Western Australia.

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Ophiclinops hutchinsi Ophiclinops generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Clinidae familian sailkatzen da.