Overview
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Family : Clingfishes and singleslits ; Occurs in rock pools and the subtidal zone. Usually found beneath the spines of sea urchins. Individuals too large to be associated with sea urchins usually found beneath rocks or among shell debris . Feeds mainly on the tube feet and pedicellariae of its host sea urchins, Evechinus chloroticus[1] and on small crustaceans.
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Giant wrymouth, New Zealand urchin clingfish, Urchin clingfish
Description
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Habitat
May be found at depths of 0 to 15 meters.
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Paracanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Gobiesociformes
()
- Family:
Gobiesocidae
()
- Subfamily:
Gobiesocinae
()
- Genus:
Dellichthys
()
- Briggs, 1955
- Specific name:
morelandi
- Kittlitz, 1858
- Scientific name: - Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955 Kittlitz, 1858
- Specific name:
morelandi
- Kittlitz, 1858
- Genus:
Dellichthys
(
- Subfamily:
Gobiesocinae
(
- Family:
Gobiesocidae
(
- Order:
Gobiesociformes
(
- Superorder:
Paracanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz, 1858) • Delolepis giganteus • Delolepis giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858) • Delolepis giganteus Kittlitz, 1858
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Dellichthys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. morelandi (New Zealand Urchin Clingfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Paulin C. and C. Roberts (1992). The rockpool fishes of New Zealand (Te ika aaria o Aotearoa). Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa). 177 p.
- Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan (1989). New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western Pacific OBIS)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125716
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-112766
- Fishbase Species ID: 46309
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13527220
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 642602
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109060
Footnotes
- Teytaud, A. (1971). Food habits of the goby, Ginsburgellus novemlineatus, and the clingfish, Arcos rubiginosus, associated with echinoids in the Virgin Islands. Carib. J. Sci., 11 (1-2):41-45. [back]
