Gobiesocidae, the Glossary
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes.[1]
Table of Contents
149 relations: Acanthopterygii, Acyrtops, Acyrtus, Alabes, Alaska, Algae, Amphibious fish, Amphipoda, Apletodon, Apletodon dentatus, Aposematism, Arcos (fish), Aspasma, Aspasmichthys, Aspasmichthys ciconiae, Aspasmodes, Aspasmogaster, Barnacle, Bivalvia, Black crinoid clingfish, Brackish water, Branchial arch, Briggsia hastingsi, Brown algae, Cannibalism, Caribbean Sea, Chiton, Chorisochismus, Clade, Cleaner fish, Cochleoceps, Cochleoceps orientalis, Commensalism, Conidens, Copepod, Coral reef, Creocele cardinalis, Crinoid, Crustacean, Crypsis, Data deficient, Dellichthys, Derilissus, Diademichthys lineatus, Diplecogaster, Diplecogaster bimaculata, Discotrema, Disruptive coloration, Dorsal fin, Duck-billed clingfish, ... Expand index (99 more) »
Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii.
See Gobiesocidae and Acanthopterygii
Acyrtops
Acyrtops is a genus of clingfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Acyrtus
Acyrtus is a genus of clingfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Alabes
Alabes is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
Amphibious fish
Amphibious fish are fish that are able to leave water for extended periods of time.
See Gobiesocidae and Amphibious fish
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.
See Gobiesocidae and Amphipoda
Apletodon
Apletodon is a genus of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes).
See Gobiesocidae and Apletodon
Apletodon dentatus
Apletodon dentatus, the small-headed clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Apletodon dentatus
Aposematism
Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.
See Gobiesocidae and Aposematism
Arcos (fish)
Arcos is a genus of clingfishes.
See Gobiesocidae and Arcos (fish)
Aspasma
Aspasma minima is a species of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan.
Aspasmichthys
Aspasmichthys is a genus of clingfishes from the western Pacific Ocean.
See Gobiesocidae and Aspasmichthys
Aspasmichthys ciconiae
Aspasmichthys ciconiae is a species of clingfish found along Pacific coasts from Japan through Taiwan.
See Gobiesocidae and Aspasmichthys ciconiae
Aspasmodes
Aspasmodes briggsi is a species of clingfish native to the Seychelles.
See Gobiesocidae and Aspasmodes
Aspasmogaster
Aspasmogaster is a genus of clingfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
See Gobiesocidae and Aspasmogaster
Barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.
Black crinoid clingfish
Unguitrema nigrum, also known as the Black crinoid clingfish is a species of clingfish endemic to Papua New Guinea.
See Gobiesocidae and Black crinoid clingfish
Brackish water
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.
See Gobiesocidae and Brackish water
Branchial arch
Branchial arches, or gill arches, are a series of paired bony "loops" that support the gills in fish.
See Gobiesocidae and Branchial arch
Briggsia hastingsi
Briggsia hastingsi is a species of clingfish so far only known from Rahah Bay, Oman.
See Gobiesocidae and Briggsia hastingsi
Brown algae
Brown algae (alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae.
See Gobiesocidae and Brown algae
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.
See Gobiesocidae and Cannibalism
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.
See Gobiesocidae and Caribbean Sea
Chiton
Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora, formerly known as Amphineura.
Chorisochismus
Chorisochismus dentex, the rocksucker or giant clingfish, is a species of clingfish found along the coast of southern Africa from Namibia to northern Natal, South Africa.
See Gobiesocidae and Chorisochismus
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
Cleaner fish
Cleaner fish are fish that show a specialist feeding strategy by providing a service to other species, referred to as clients, by removing dead skin, ectoparasites, and infected tissue from the surface or gill chambers.
See Gobiesocidae and Cleaner fish
Cochleoceps
Cochleoceps is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia.
See Gobiesocidae and Cochleoceps
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, common name eastern cleaner-clingfish, is a species of clingfish that is endemic to the marine waters around southeastern Australia.
See Gobiesocidae and Cochleoceps orientalis
Commensalism
Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction (symbiosis) in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed.
See Gobiesocidae and Commensalism
Conidens
Conidens is a genus of clingfishes found in the Pacific Ocean.
Copepod
Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat.
Coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.
See Gobiesocidae and Coral reef
Creocele cardinalis
Creocele cardinalis, the broad clingfish, is a species of clingfish found on the southern coast of Australia.
See Gobiesocidae and Creocele cardinalis
Crinoid
Crinoids are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea.
Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
See Gobiesocidae and Crustacean
Crypsis
In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals.
Data deficient
A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made.
See Gobiesocidae and Data deficient
Dellichthys
Dellichthys is a small genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae which are endemic to New Zealand.
See Gobiesocidae and Dellichthys
Derilissus
Derilissus is a genus of clingfishes belonging to the family Gobiesocinae found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
See Gobiesocidae and Derilissus
Diademichthys lineatus
Diademichthys lineatus, commonly known as the long-snout clingfish or urchin clingfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Diademichthys lineatus
Diplecogaster
Diplecogaster is a genus of fish in the family Gobiesocidae found in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
See Gobiesocidae and Diplecogaster
Diplecogaster bimaculata
Diplecogaster bimaculata, the two-spotted clingfish, is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae found in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean where it is found on rocks and among seagrass or shell beds.
See Gobiesocidae and Diplecogaster bimaculata
Discotrema
Discotrema is a genus of clingfishes found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific where they live on crinoids.
See Gobiesocidae and Discotrema
Disruptive coloration
Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an animal, soldier or military hardware with a strongly contrasting pattern.
See Gobiesocidae and Disruptive coloration
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom.
See Gobiesocidae and Dorsal fin
Duck-billed clingfish
Nettorhamphos radula, the duckbilled clingfish, is a species of clingfish (family Gobiesocidae) from the Indian Ocean off Western Australia.
See Gobiesocidae and Duck-billed clingfish
Endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.
See Gobiesocidae and Endangered species
Eyespot (mimicry)
An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking.
See Gobiesocidae and Eyespot (mimicry)
Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Fish gill
Fish gills are organs that allow fish to breathe underwater.
See Gobiesocidae and Fish gill
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).
Fishes of the World
Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.
See Gobiesocidae and Fishes of the World
Flabellicauda
Flabellicauda is a genus of clingfishes from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
See Gobiesocidae and Flabellicauda
Flexor incus
Flexor is a genus of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Flexor incus
Gastrocymba quadriradiata
Gastrocymba quadriradiata is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found only around New Zealand's subantarctic islands.
See Gobiesocidae and Gastrocymba quadriradiata
Gastropoda
Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
See Gobiesocidae and Gastropoda
Gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Giant clingfish
The giant clingfish (Haplocylix littoreus) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Haplocylix.
See Gobiesocidae and Giant clingfish
Gobiesocidae
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. Gobiesocidae and Gobiesocidae are ray-finned fish families.
See Gobiesocidae and Gobiesocidae
Gobiesox
Gobiesox is a genus of clingfishes found in the Americas, including offshore islands.
Gobiesox cephalus
Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Gobiesox cephalus
Gobiidae
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera.
Goldenstriped soapfish
The goldenstriped soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus), also known as the lined soapfish, golden-striped bass, radio fish, sixline soapfish, six-lined perch or white-lined rock cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Goldenstriped soapfish
Gouania (fish)
Gouania is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the Mediterranean Sea that contains at least 5 cryptobenthic species.
See Gobiesocidae and Gouania (fish)
Grammistin
Grammistins are peptide toxins synthesised by glands in the skin of soapfishes of the tribes Grammistini and Diploprionini which are both classified within the grouper subfamily Epinephelinae, a part of the family Serranidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Grammistin
Green algae
The green algae (green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta.
See Gobiesocidae and Green algae
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is a large comprehensive encyclopedia of animal life.
See Gobiesocidae and Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California (Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
See Gobiesocidae and Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.
See Gobiesocidae and Gulf of Mexico
Gymnoscyphus
Gymnoscyphus ascitus is a small species of clingfish found in the Caribbean Sea (documented off of Cuba (Jardines del Rey archipelago), Cozumel and St. Vincent) at depths of.
See Gobiesocidae and Gymnoscyphus
Hector's clingfish
Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus.
See Gobiesocidae and Hector's clingfish
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
See Gobiesocidae and Herbivore
Hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ, hex, meaning "six", and γωνία, gonía, meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon.
Incertae sedis
of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
See Gobiesocidae and Incertae sedis
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.
See Gobiesocidae and Integrated Taxonomic Information System
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
See Gobiesocidae and International Union for Conservation of Nature
Intertidal zone
The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.
See Gobiesocidae and Intertidal zone
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.
Kopua
Kopua is a genus of clingfishes found in the Pacific Ocean.
Lateral line
The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.
See Gobiesocidae and Lateral line
Least-concern species
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.
See Gobiesocidae and Least-concern species
Lecanogaster
Lecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Lecanogaster
Lepadichthys
Lepadichthys is a genus of clingfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
See Gobiesocidae and Lepadichthys
Lepadogaster
Lepadogaster is a genus of clingfishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean extending into the Mediterranean Sea.
See Gobiesocidae and Lepadogaster
Lepadogaster candolii
Lepadogaster candolii, common name Connemarra clingfish, is a species of fish in the genus Lepadogaster.
See Gobiesocidae and Lepadogaster candolii
Lepadogaster purpurea
Lepadogaster purpurea, the Cornish sucker, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Lepadogaster purpurea
Limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot.
List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
See Gobiesocidae and List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
List of seas on Earth
This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits.
See Gobiesocidae and List of seas on Earth
Little clingfish
The little clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis) is a species of clingfish found in reef environments along the coast of Australia.
See Gobiesocidae and Little clingfish
Marine aquarium
A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment.
See Gobiesocidae and Marine aquarium
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
See Gobiesocidae and Mediterranean Sea
Mendeleev's clingfish
Mendeleev's clingfish (Lepadicyathus mendeleevi) is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae endemic to Madang Province in Papua New Guinea.
See Gobiesocidae and Mendeleev's clingfish
Mesophotic coral reef
A mesophotic coral reef or mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE), originally from the Latin word meso (meaning middle) and photic (meaning light), is characterized by the presence of both light-dependent coral and algae, and organisms that can be found in water with low light penetration.
See Gobiesocidae and Mesophotic coral reef
Minute clingfish
The minute clingfish (Liobranchia stria) is a tiny species of clingfish native to reef environments around the island of Guam, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Marianas Islands.
See Gobiesocidae and Minute clingfish
Modicus (fish)
Modicus is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the shores of New Zealand.
See Gobiesocidae and Modicus (fish)
Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
See Gobiesocidae and Monotypic taxon
Mutualism (biology)
Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.
See Gobiesocidae and Mutualism (biology)
Mysida
Mysida is an order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida.
New Zealand slender clingfish
The Slender clingfish(Gastrocyathus gracilis) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus.
See Gobiesocidae and New Zealand slender clingfish
Northern clingfish
The northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) is a species of saltwater fish.
See Gobiesocidae and Northern clingfish
Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
Opeatogenys
Opeatogenys is a genus of clingfishes.
See Gobiesocidae and Opeatogenys
Operculum (fish)
The operculum is a series of bones found in bony fish and chimaeras that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills; it is also used for respiration and feeding.
See Gobiesocidae and Operculum (fish)
Orange clingfish
The orange clingfish (Diplocrepis puniceus) is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis.
See Gobiesocidae and Orange clingfish
Ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp.
Ovalentaria
Ovalentaria is a clade of ray-finned fishes within the Percomorpha, referred to as a subseries.
See Gobiesocidae and Ovalentaria
Paracanthopterygii
Paracanthopterygii is a superorder of fishes.
See Gobiesocidae and Paracanthopterygii
Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
See Gobiesocidae and Parasitism
Pedicellaria
A pedicellaria (pedicellariae) is a small wrench- or claw-shaped appendage with movable jaws, called valves, commonly found on echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata), particularly in sea stars (class Asteroidea) and sea urchins (class Echinoidea).
See Gobiesocidae and Pedicellaria
Pelvic fin
Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins).
See Gobiesocidae and Pelvic fin
Perciformes
Perciformes, also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha.
See Gobiesocidae and Perciformes
Percomorpha
Percomorpha is a large clade of ray-finned fish with more than 17 000 known species that includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish.
See Gobiesocidae and Percomorpha
Pherallodichthys meshimaensis
Pherallodichthys meshimaensis is a species of clingfish known from the western Pacific Ocean in reef environments around Japan and the Philippines.
See Gobiesocidae and Pherallodichthys meshimaensis
Pherallodus
Pherallodus is an Indo-Pacific genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Pherallodus
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.
See Gobiesocidae and Pieter Bleeker
Posidonia clingfish
The Posidonia clingfish (Posidonichthys hutchinsi) is a species of clingfish native to the Australia coast.
See Gobiesocidae and Posidonia clingfish
Propherallodus briggsi
Propherallodus briggsi is a species of clingfish native to the coasts of Japan.
See Gobiesocidae and Propherallodus briggsi
Protogobiesox asymmetricus
Protogobiesox asymmetricus, is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae endemic to the deep-water off the north coast of Papua New Guinea.
See Gobiesocidae and Protogobiesox asymmetricus
Red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae.
See Gobiesocidae and Red algae
Rimicola
Rimicola is a genus of clingfishes found along the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone.
See Gobiesocidae and Sea snail
Sea urchin
Sea urchins or urchins, alternatively known as sea hedgehogs, are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea.
See Gobiesocidae and Sea urchin
Seagrass meadow
A seagrass meadow or seagrass bed is an underwater ecosystem formed by seagrasses.
See Gobiesocidae and Seagrass meadow
Seta
In biology, setae (seta; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.
Shore clingfish
The shore clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Shore clingfish
Sicyases
Sicyases is a genus of clingfishes native to the coasts of the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Sicyases sanguineus
Sicyases sanguineus is a species of amphibious marine clingfish in the family Gobiesocidae.
See Gobiesocidae and Sicyases sanguineus
Species description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.
See Gobiesocidae and Species description
Species richness
Species richness is the number of different species represented in an ecological community, landscape or region.
See Gobiesocidae and Species richness
Streaky clingfish
The streaky clingfish (Lissonanchus lusheri) is a species of clingfish only known from one specimen collected off the coast of southern Mozambique.
See Gobiesocidae and Streaky clingfish
Swim bladder
The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to expend energy in swimming.
See Gobiesocidae and Swim bladder
Tadpole
A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian.
Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
See Gobiesocidae and Temperate climate
Tomicodon
Tomicodon is a genus of clingfishes native to the Western Hemisphere, with these currently recognized species.
See Gobiesocidae and Tomicodon
Trachelochismus
Trachelochismus is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the shores of New Zealand, with currently three recognized species.
See Gobiesocidae and Trachelochismus
Tube feet
Tube feet (technically podia) are small active tubular projections on the oral face of an echinoderm, such as the arms of a starfish, or the undersides of sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers; they are more discreet though present on brittle stars, and have only a feeding function in feather stars.
See Gobiesocidae and Tube feet
Venom
Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action.
Venomous fish
Venomous fish are species of fish which produce strong mixtures of toxins harmful to humans (called venom) which they deliberately deliver by means of a bite, sting, or stab, resulting in an envenomation.
See Gobiesocidae and Venomous fish
Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
See Gobiesocidae and Vulnerable species
Weedsucker
The weedsucker (Eckloniaichthys scylliorhiniceps) is a species of clingfish found along the coasts of Namibia and South Africa, from Lüderitz to the mouth of the Kei River.
See Gobiesocidae and Weedsucker
Zoological specimen
A zoological specimen is an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use.
See Gobiesocidae and Zoological specimen
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobiesocidae
Also known as Clingfish, Clingfishes, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocoidei.
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