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Striped clingfish

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Striped clingfish
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T. melobesia
Binomial name
Trachelochismus melobesia
Phillipps, 1927

The striped clingfish, Trachelochismus melobesia, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found all around New Zealand from low water to about 5 m, on rocky coastlines. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trachelochismus melobesia". FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8