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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 206045 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers, 2024 |
Rank: | species |
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Distribution map:
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Taxon Notes: | Known to date from seagrass and macroalgae along the coast of Victoria and Tasmania; specimens have been collected from Port Phillip in Victoria, and Great Oyster Bay in Tasmania in 3-8m depth. Underwater photographs suggest it is common throughout much of Port Phillip. It is likely more widespread along the coast of Victoria and Tasmania (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 |