{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox |image=Ericentrus rubrus (6).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Clements, K.D. |author2=Holleman, W. |author3=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=''Ericentrus rubrus'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T179005A1558366 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179005A1558366.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | parent_authority = Gill, 1893 | taxon = Ericentrus rubrus | authority = (F. W. Hutton, 1872) | synonyms = * ''Sticharium rubrum'' <small>F. W. Hutton, 1872</small> }}
'''''Ericentrus rubrus''''', the '''orange clinid''', is a species of clinid endemic to the waters around New Zealand where it can be found in tide pools and in the subtidal zone from low water to depths of about {{convert|30|m|ft}}. It prefers to inhabit beds of brown algae where it preys on the small crustaceans that also inhabit these areas. It is currently the only known member of the genus '''''Ericentrus'''''.
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Category:Clinidae Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Frederick Hutton (scientist) Category:Fish described in 1872 Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera
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