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Lepadichthys minor

Minor Clingfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Minor Clingfish

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Cooks; n. to Marianas; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, reef-flat; In small pools on benches and outer rim of reef-flat.

KEY FEATURES: To 2.2cm SL. A tiny humpbacked fish with depressed head. Scaleless and mucous covered. Pelvics form large scution disc; single Dorsal and Anal near rear; Tail small.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN

Northern Group: ?
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Lepadichthys minor Briggs, 1955
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobiesocoidei; GOBIESOCIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: specimen SMNS 17822 (Fricke 1999 - see refs.).

References:
Special Reference: Fricke, R., 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.

text p.66 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 66-1c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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