FB-69430 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69430 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Characidae Tetragonopterus Tetragonopterus franciscoensis Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016 Kermadec clingfish 2021-05-11 2024-05-22 Fujiwara, K., K.W. Conway and H. Motomura0 First record of the Kermadec Clingfish, <i>Flexor incus</i> Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae), from New Caledonia and Australia. Check List 17(3):769-773. (Ref. 124116) Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers0 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-69440 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-21 00:00:00 2021-05-26 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69440 Known only from the intertidal and subtidal waters of the Kermadec Islands, including Raoul Island and L’Esperance Rock. Most of the specimens collected using ichthyocides were from rock pools and from shallower subtidal areas (down to 9 meters) over rock and coral rubble. A single specimen has been observed and photographed at 28 meters in depth (Ref. 124119). Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers 2018 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69440 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-26 00:00:00 2021-05-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69440 This species is distinguished by the following characters: head and anteriormost part of body similar in width; relatively elongate body with a small, double adhesive disc beneath the anteriormost part of the body; an oval-shaped gap between the premaxillae formed by a semicircular indentation along medial edge of premaxilla; premaxilla with a single row of teeth, with 2-3 peg-like, conical teeth anteriorly at, and adjacent to, symphysis and 10-12 strongly laterally compressed, incisiviform teeth with strongly recurved cusp, along the outer margin of bone; lower jaw with a single row of 14-16 small, conical teeth with sharply pointed and slightly recurved tip; posterior tip of the basipterygium expanded and articulating with anteromedial edge of ventral postcleithrum via a shallow concave facet; mandibular part of preoperculo-mandibular lateral line canal absent; lachrymal canal with 2 pores; upper and lower lip simple, uniform in thickness along jaw margin (Ref. 124119). Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers 2018 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119) FB-Distribution-69440 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-21 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69440 Pacific Ocean: Australia to New Zealand and New Caledonia. Fujiwara, K., K.W. Conway and H. Motomura 2021 First record of the Kermadec Clingfish, <i>Flexor incus</i> Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae), from New Caledonia and Australia. Check List 17(3):769-773. (Ref. 124116) FB-Size-69440 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-21 00:00:00 2021-05-26 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69440 2.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 124119)) Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers 2018 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69440 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-21 00:00:00 2021-05-26 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69440 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 28 m (Ref. 124119), usually 0 - 9 m (Ref. 124119) Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers 2018 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119) Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers 2018 A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786:75-104. (Ref. 124119)