New Zealand slender clingfish

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New Zealand slender clingfish

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Gastrocyathus
Species:	G. gracilis
Binomial name
*Gastrocyathus gracilis* Briggs, 1955

The Slender clingfish(Gastrocyathus gracilis) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. Endemic to New Zealand, this species is apparently only found in beds of strap-fronded algae. Harpacticoid copepods comprise the main component of their diet.

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gastrocyathus puniceus". FishBase. January 2006 version.

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Endemic marine fish of New Zealand

Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni)
Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
Fiordland brotula (Fiordichthys slartibartfasti)
Garfish (Hyporhamphus ihi)
Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum)
Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus)
Graham's gudgeon (Grahamichthys radiata)
Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris)
Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae)
New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa)
New Zealand black angelfish (Parma alboscapularis)
New Zealand black goby (Gobiopsis atrata)
New Zealand blueback sprat (Sprattus antipodum)
New Zealand brill (Colistium guntheri)
New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
New Zealand damselfish (Chromis dispilus)
New Zealand flathead (Bembrops morelandi)
New Zealand lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
New Zealand rockfish (Acanthoclinus littoreus)
New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
New Zealand sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
New Zealand sand stargazer (Crapatalus novaezelandiae)
New Zealand slender clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)
New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae)
New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri)
New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus)
New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
New Zealand turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
Oblique-swimming triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae)
Prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
Rough-head whiptail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus)
Slender stargazer (Crapatalus angusticeps)
Smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
Spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus)
Yellow-and-black triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum)

Taxon identifiers
Gastrocyathus gracilis	Wikidata: Q2704756 CoL: 3FDFD FishBase: 46302 GBIF: 2411587 iNaturalist: 614236 IRMNG: 10975083 ITIS: 642827 NCBI: 2740780 NZOR: 63da2b4a-76e9-445c-84c9-ba99515548d6 OBIS: 280817 Open Tree of Life: 3638685 Plazi: E98CAC4F-5400-9946-63F1-2EAD94CA7BBD WoRMS: 280817 ZooBank: 3118E976-309F-4BCF-B43A-FC476728DBE1

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