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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 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Melanophorichthys penicillus   Conway, Moore & Summers, 2024

Rank: species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 206 Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: slender clingfish
Common Names List: slender clingfish
Organism Type: a clingfish
Synonyms: Genus C sp. 2 [Hutchins in Gomon et al, 1994]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 206916     Melanophorichthys spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
206028
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2024-12-17.
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Expected species depth range is from 2 to 13 m.
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).
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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
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