Giant clingfish
For the giant clingfish from Southern Africa, see Chorisochismus dentex.
| Giant clingfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Haplocylix Briggs, 1955 |
| Species: | H. littoreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplocylix littoreus (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
The giant clingfish, Haplocylix littoreus, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Haplocylix. It is found all down the east coast of New Zealand around the low water mark amongst seaweed, on rocky coastlines. Its length is up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in).
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Haplocylix littoreus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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