Gobiesocidae
Aspasmogaster costata (Ogilby, 1885)
Aspasmogaster costata (Ogilby, 1885)
Aspasmogaster costata, eastern or pink clingfish, is a secretive endemic clingfish of eastern Australia's coastal waters.
Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis (Günther, 1861)
Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis (Günther, 1861)
Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis, the Tasmanian clingfish, is an 8 cm long clingfish from southern Australia's shallow coastal waters.
Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845)
Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845)
Alabes dorsalis, the common shore eel, is a small endemic Australian eel-like fish found in nearshore coastal waters around southern Australia.
Cochleoceps orientalis Hutchins, 1991
Cochleoceps orientalis Hutchins, 1991
Cochleoceps orientalis is a small scale-less cleaning fish found in southeastern Australian marine waters, that lives attached to kelp.
Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins, 1991
Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins, 1991
Cochleoceps bicolor, the western cleaner clingfish, is a parasite-eating reef fish that runs shared cleaning stations for larger fish.
Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858)
Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858)
Gobiesox maeandricus is an eastern Pacific intertidal clingfish with a powerful suction disc adapted to cling to wave-battered rocky substrates.
Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
Gobiesox strumosus, the skilletfish, is a small clingfish found in Atlantic and Pacific waters with a suction disc for clinging to substrates.
Sicyases sanguineus Müller & Troschel, 1843
Sicyases sanguineus Müller & Troschel, 1843
Sicyases sanguineus is a large amphibious marine clingfish found in intertidal zones of the Southeast Pacific coast of South America.
Diplocrepis puniceus (Richardson, 1846)
Diplocrepis puniceus (Richardson, 1846)
Diplocrepis puniceus, the orange clingfish, is the only species in its genus and subfamily, found around New Zealand rocky coasts.
Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955
Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955
The New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi) is a small 2–3 cm clingfish found around New Zealand among sea urchins.
Trachelochismus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801)
Trachelochismus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801)
Trachelochismus pinnulatus, the New Zealand lumpfish, is a small clingfish found around New Zealand's rocky coastlines up to 12 m deep.
Trachelochismus melobesia Phillipps, 1927
Trachelochismus melobesia Phillipps, 1927
Trachelochismus melobesia, the striped clingfish, is a small New Zealand clingfish found on shallow rocky coastlines.
Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769)
Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769)
Chorisochismus dentex is the largest clingfish species, found off South Africa and Namibia, sometimes called a sea monster by beachcombers.
Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage, 1883)
Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage, 1883)
Diademichthys lineatus, the long-snout clingfish, is a small toxic reef fish found in the Indo-West Pacific associated with sea urchins.
Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
Apletodon dentatus is a small small fish found in the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean that lives in shallow subtidal and tidal habitats.
Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925)
Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925)
Apletodon pellegrini, the chubby clingfish, is a small fish with a sucker-forming pelvic fin, described for its appearance and reproductive behavior.
Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997
Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997
Apletodon incognitus is a clingfish species endemic to the northeastern Atlantic and northwestern Mediterranean.
Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Diplecogaster bimaculata is a small Northeast Atlantic clingfish with a sucker-like pelvic fin that feeds on small crustaceans.
Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810
Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810
Lepadogaster candolii, the Connemarra clingfish, is a small European Atlantic and Mediterranean fish species with debated taxonomy.
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lepadogaster purpurea is a small sucker-bearing fish with distinctive blue eyespots found in the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lepadogaster lepadogaster, the shore clingfish, is a small cryptobenthic clingfish found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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