Giant clingfish (Haplocylix littoreus) fish species and information / pictures of Giant clingfish - Haplocylix littoreus

Giant clingfish (Haplocylix littoreus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Haplocylix littoreus

Common Name
Giant clingfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Color ranging from uniform olive green to golden brown or yellowish, sometimes lighter ventrally. Sometimes with darker streaks over the head and body or patches of white or pink. Distinguished from other clingfishes by its large size, broad spade-like body, and structure of sucking disc (absence of a fold of skin on the anterior margin of the rear portion).

Classification

Classified By

Forster, 1801

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Clingfishes (Gobiesociformes)

Family

Clingfishes and singleslits (Gobiesocidae)

Distribution

Region

Southwest Pacific

Distribution

Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

12 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 12 m (Ref. 9003)

Trophic Level

3.43 s.e. 0.55 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

15.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec = 50)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated