# Cristiceps

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cristiceps axillaris (Discoveries in Australia).jpg
| image_caption = Crested Weedfish ''(C. australis)'' from [John Lort Stokes](/source/John_Lort_Stokes) 1846 ''[Discoveries in Australia](/source/Discoveries_in_Australia)'' (as ''C. axillaris'')
| taxon = Cristiceps
| authority = [Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1836 
| type_species = ''Cristiceps australis''
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1836
}}

'''''Cristiceps''''' is a genus of [clinid](/source/clinid)s native to the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific) waters around [Australia](/source/Australia) and [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).

==Species==
* ''[Cristiceps argyropleura](/source/Cristiceps_argyropleura)'' <small>[Kner](/source/Rudolf_Kner), 1865</small> (Silver-sided weedfish)
* ''[Cristiceps aurantiacus](/source/Cristiceps_aurantiacus)'' <small>[Castelnau](/source/Francis_de_Laporte_de_Castelnau), 1879</small> (Golden weedfish)
* ''[Cristiceps australis](/source/Cristiceps_australis)'' <small>[Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1836</small> (Crested weedfish)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q2489686}}

Category:Cristiceps
Category:Clinidae
Category:Actinopterygii genera

{{Clinidae-stub}}

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