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Gastrocyathus gracilis Slender clingfish

Gastrocyathus gracilis is commonly referred to as Slender clingfish . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
10314 
AphiaID:
280817 
Scientific:
Gastrocyathus gracilis 
German:
Schildbauch, Ansauger 
English:
Slender Clingfish  
Category:
Clingfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Gastrocyathus (Genus) > gracilis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Briggs, 1955 
Occurrence:
New Zealand 
Sea depth:
0 - 7 Meter 
Size:
4,5 cm 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 68 °F (13°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-01-12 15:30:06 

Info

Briggs, 1955

The Slender clingfish is endemic to New Zealand, where ist is found amongst weed at low tide, and on brown algae in the subtidal zone.
Gastrocyathus gracilisappears to be restricted to algal species with strap-like fronds, where the feeds mainly on harpacticoid copepods.
Source: FIshbase.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Gobiesocinae (Subfamily) > Gastrocyathus (Genus) > Gastrocyathus gracilis(Species)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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