New Zealand slender clingfish
New Zealand slender clingfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Gastrocyathus |
Species: | G. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Gastrocyathus gracilis , 1955
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The Slender clingfish, Gastrocyathus gracilis, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. Endemic to New Zealand, this species is apparently only found in beds of strap-fronded algae. Harpacticoid copepods comprise the main component of their diet.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Gastrocyathus puniceus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
Categories:
- Gobiesocidae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Monotypic fish genera
- Fish described in 1955
- Gobiesociformes stubs