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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Gobiesociformes (order) » Gobiesocidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 206028 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Melanophorichthys penicillus Conway, Moore & Summers, 2024 |
Rank: | species |
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Distribution map:
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Taxon Notes: | Known from four localities in Western Australia, including Jurien Bay and Cockburn Sound along the west coast, and Emu Point (Albany) and the Recherche Archipelago (type locality) along the south coast. Inhabits seagrass beds and has been collected via seine and box trawl, in 2–13m depth (Conway et al 2024). |
Record source: | Conway, K.W., Moore, G.I. & Summers, A.P., 2024. A new genus and four new species of seagrass-specialist clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from temperate southern Australia., Vol. 5552, 1: 001-066. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5552.1.1 |