Urchin Clingfish
Scientific Name: Diademichthys lineatus
Species: Clingfish (Gobiesocidae)
Other names: Australian Urchin Clingfish, Long-snout Clingfish, Yellow Stripe Clingfish, Yellow Striped Clingfish, Striped Clingfish.
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Urchin ClingfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh - Indonesia
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Description
Also known as Australian Urchin Clingfish, Long-snout Clingfish, Yellow Stripe Clingfish and Yellow Striped Clingfish, Striped Clingfish.
Found singly on coastal and inner protected reefs swimming freely in branching corals or sea urchin spines.
They feed on molluscs.
Length - 5cm
Depth - 1-20m
Widespread - Indo-Asian Pacific
Clingfish are bottom dwelling fish often associated with sea urchins. Often tiny fishes of less than 6cm.
Their skin is smooth and scale-less and covered in a layer of mucus for protection, and some can change colour if threatened. (edit)
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The Urchin Clingfish is found in or near the Indo-Asian Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 6 times by user @fishx6
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