A review of the Heteroclinus heptaeolus complex (Pisces: Blennioidei: Clinidae), with three new species and discussion of use of proportions in taxonomic studies Author Hoese, Douglass F. 0000-0003-4380-5450 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Author Hay, Amanda 0000-0002-1335-2342 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Author Dibattista, Joseph D. 0000-0002-5696-7574 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-02 5432 3 301 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5432.3.1 journal article 292247 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.3.1 9f1bcd58-2ab4-4d2b-ab4b-7f3dd3e29405 1175-5326 10906573 CD1175FB-4CDA-4629-8E6F-75410C302915

TABLE 1. Number of spines in second dorsal fin of species in the Heteroclinus heptaeolus complex. An asterisk indicates count of holotype or neotype.

	23	24	25	26	27	28	Mean	Variance
H. colemani	-	2	14*	-	-	-	24.9	0.117
H. heptaeolus	-	-	5	33	106*	14	26.8	0.343
H. longicauda	-	2	17	12*	-	-	25.3	0.359
H. whitleyi	7	69*	23	-	-	-	24.2	0.280
H. wilsoni	-	-	1	2*	26	16	27.3	0.427