Acyrtops amplicirrus
Flarenostril Clingfish
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes)
Acyrtops
Acyrtops amplicirrus (Flarenostril Clingfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
6 mm. Virgin Islands and Belize.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal.
Biology
To 18.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2009-02-04. Resilience: High (Assuming tm < 1).
References
Smith, C.L. (1997) National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p.
Briggs, J.C. (2002) New species of Rimicola from California. Copeia 2002(2):441-444.
Williams, J.T. (2002) Blenniidae. Combtooth blennies. p. 1768-1772. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals.
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