New Zealand lumpfish

New Zealand lumpfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Trachelochismus
Species: T. pinnulatus
Binomial name
Trachelochismus pinnulatus
(J. R. Forster, 1801)

The New Zealand lumpfish, Trachelochismus pinnulatus, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found all around New Zealand including the Three Kings Islands, from low water to about 12 m, on rocky coastlines. Its length is up to 10 cm.

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