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Urchin Clingfish

Diademichthys lineatus

Also known as: Australian Urchin Clingfish, Longsnout Clingfish, Striped Clingfish, Yellowstripe Clingfish, Yellow-striped Clingfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 14
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Overview

Found singly, swimming freely in branching corals, or in the spines of long-spined sea urchins, over protected reefs.

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.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 4
  • Country only · 10
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Found singly, swimming freely in branching corals, or in the spines of long-spined sea urchins, over protected reefs.

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Adult photos 14

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiesociformes
    5. familyGobiesocidae
    6. genusDiademichthys
    7. speciesDiademichthys lineatus (Sauvage, 1883)

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    Gobiesociformes