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Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)

Observer

agustcalabro

Date

December 13, 2023 11:18 AM AEDT

Description

Fish, post larval but possibly not juvenile, only about 4 cm. Long. It was collected when harvesting Ecklonia radiata kelp in Tasmania.

Smallfin Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)
Added on March 27, 2024
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Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)

Observer

emr

Date

September 28, 2022 02:04 PM +1345
Trnski's Clingfish - Photo (c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier
conwaykw's ID: Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)
Added on March 18, 2024
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Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)

Observer

kent_miller

Date

July 8, 2013
Skilletfish - Photo (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benji Beluga
conwaykw's ID: Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)
Added on November 7, 2023
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Gangetic Mud-Eel (Ophichthys cuchia)

Observer

cohen

Date

May 2023

Place

Private

Description

Taken and dropped by heron near roosting site. Submitted to iNaturalist with permission of photographer, Russ Capper.

Gangetic Mud-Eel - Photo (c) H.T.Cheng, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by H.T.Cheng
conwaykw's ID: Gangetic Mud-Eel (Ophichthys cuchia)
Added on May 24, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 25, 2014 06:08 PM ACDT

Description

Grass clingfish,one of the two more common sorts at this 'hotspot' shallow shore dive site in the past,seasonally and erratically depending on local catchment status and mean rainfall pa etc.Via scuba.Poor focus,not a good photo at all.But these little green fish of seagrass outliers have been harder to find in each warm season,both when I took this pic and later, following the wettest year on record in Southern Oz for many decades,which occurred in 2015-6,and extended in many coastal areas of SA into early 2017.Of course,much of Oz is now dry,with below average rainfall.Should be a better dive season locally come spring summer autumn than it was for past 2 years or so,which were the worst for bad inshore water clarity,nutrient excess and 'sudden freshwater dump' decimation of sea-grass meadows, and denuding of rock reef algal canopies ,that I can recall in my local SA diving lifetime. The local reefs beaches and meadows had not fully recovered from several almost as unseasonally wet weather phases within the previous 1-2 decades,which bodes ill for next generation of SA divers.And all local beaches have less sand than in anyone's living memory(excepting nearer metro Adelaide where active replenishment via truck and slurry pipes is occurring,at some considerable but necessary expense to taxpayers).

Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on May 21, 2023
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Zebra Clingfish (Tomicodon zebra)

Observer

mar_gp

Date

October 14, 2017 11:53 PM CDT
Zebra Clingfish - Photo (c) zihuadean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by zihuadean
conwaykw's ID: Zebra Clingfish (Tomicodon zebra)
Added on May 11, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 25, 2014 06:08 PM ACDT

Description

Grass clingfish,one of the two more common sorts at this 'hotspot' shallow shore dive site in the past,seasonally and erratically depending on local catchment status and mean rainfall pa etc.Via scuba.Poor focus,not a good photo at all.But these little green fish of seagrass outliers have been harder to find in each warm season,both when I took this pic and later, following the wettest year on record in Southern Oz for many decades,which occurred in 2015-6,and extended in many coastal areas of SA into early 2017.Of course,much of Oz is now dry,with below average rainfall.Should be a better dive season locally come spring summer autumn than it was for past 2 years or so,which were the worst for bad inshore water clarity,nutrient excess and 'sudden freshwater dump' decimation of sea-grass meadows, and denuding of rock reef algal canopies ,that I can recall in my local SA diving lifetime. The local reefs beaches and meadows had not fully recovered from several almost as unseasonally wet weather phases within the previous 1-2 decades,which bodes ill for next generation of SA divers.And all local beaches have less sand than in anyone's living memory(excepting nearer metro Adelaide where active replenishment via truck and slurry pipes is occurring,at some considerable but necessary expense to taxpayers).

Green Clingfish - Photo (c) Glen Whisson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Glen Whisson
conwaykw's ID: Green Clingfish (Cochleoceps viridis)
Added on April 25, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

fionaoutdoors

Date

October 3, 2022 08:51 AM ACDT
Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on April 25, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 28, 2014 12:54 PM ACDT

Description

Another of these cute greenish clingfish, with the bright reflective eyes that make me strongly suspect they are cleaner hosts although I've still no proof.But FWIW I've seen them very close to the pipefish that often co-habit in these Posidonia seagrass outlier clumps, particularly Stigmatopora genus and Histiogamphelus genus members. It gets more confusing too, because I've also long suspected that Slender Weed Whiting are part-time hosts, and they're also often found co-habiting in the same outliers of Posidonia. How would I know if the weed whiting are not merely awaiting a clean by these clingfish (even though the slender weed whiting have overt host herald features e.g. caudal fin ocelli)?
I won't know, till I get photos or video footage showing direct contact between any 2 fish species as above.
But, lately "Syngnathid Hotspot" has been so degraded, and so lacking in pipefish and grass clingfish, I'm not so keen to dive that desert:)

Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on April 24, 2023
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Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)

Observer

nickoshaw

Date

November 9, 2021 09:57 PM AEST
Smallfin Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)
Added on April 18, 2023
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Common Shore Eel (Alabes dorsalis)

Observer

lynsh

Date

March 14, 2023 02:33 PM AEDT
Common Shore Eel - Photo (c) Nick Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nick Shaw
conwaykw's ID: Common Shore Eel (Alabes dorsalis)
Added on April 18, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

jimbobo

Date

December 4, 2011 03:26 PM HST
Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on April 18, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

wayneosborn

Date

January 30, 1978

Description

This is a scanned image from film taken in 1978 at Queencliff Pier with a 120 roll film camera. 3 metres of water and obviously on the sea grass beds.

Tags

Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on March 14, 2023
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

nickoshaw

Date

December 31, 2021 11:54 AM AEST
Smallfin Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)
Added on January 14, 2023
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Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

May 31, 2021 12:37 PM ACST

Description

Small clingfish which investigated me quite brazenly but was still very hard to image properly. Base color dark brown, with blotches speckles and faint bands visible caudally. TL ~30mm. Plump tummy noted, perhaps gravid?
Tide had almost finished ebbing, but a brisk NNW wind heralding an approaching front meant that water clarity was already poor beyond the very shallow tide pools near the shore.
So I waded around sticking my head into pools, channels and meadows, looking for any macro subjects!

Smallfin Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)
Added on November 10, 2022
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Slough Darter (Etheostoma gracile)

Observer

teamfish

Date

October 19, 2013

Description

Slough darter.

Mottling on sides (female), uninterrupted infraorbital canal, incomplete lateral line.

Moderate debris, fairly deep, fairly shaded.

Slough Darter - Photo (c) jasonrl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by jasonrl
conwaykw's ID: Slough Darter (Etheostoma gracile)
Added on July 11, 2022
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North American Minnows (Subfamily Pogonichthyinae)

Observer

teamfish

Date

October 19, 2013

Description

Redfin Shiner. These were pretty rare, we only found one in our collections. Many specimens do not actually have red fins. Found at our second site which was fairly rugged with very little bank making collection difficult.

Western Blacktail Shiner - Photo (c) Fishes of Texas team, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Fishes of Texas team
conwaykw's ID: Western Blacktail Shiner (Cyprinella venusta)
Added on July 11, 2022
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Urchin Clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)

Observer

fiestykakapo

Date

April 2, 2022 03:52 PM NZDT
Dellichthys - Photo (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tangatawhenua
conwaykw's ID: Genus Dellichthys, a member of Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on July 11, 2022
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Urchin Clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)

Observer

fiestykakapo

Date

April 2, 2022 03:52 PM NZDT
Urchin Clingfish - Photo (c) jento, all rights reserved, uploaded by jento
conwaykw's ID: Urchin Clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
Added on July 11, 2022
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Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)

Observer

stacylovesnature

Date

May 6, 2022 11:46 AM CDT

Description

We did a wetlands class.
Thought it was an oystertoadfish however the toadfish has no sucking disk. Thought it was an invasive pleco but the mouth was not on the bottom side.
The place was Armand Bayou Nature Center siening site in the bayou which is brackish water.
Sunny with a temp of 88f
Water temp 77f
Ph 7.5
Nitrates 0 ppm
Dissolved oxygen 1 part per million 
Phosphates .5 ppm

Found the species on http://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Gobiesox%20strumosis

Skilletfish - Photo (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benji Beluga
conwaykw's ID: Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)
Added on June 22, 2022
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New Zealand Lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)

Observer

pjd1

Date

February 8, 2019 02:57 PM NZDT

Description

Common under rocks and also on the underside of dead paua (Haliotis iris) shells lying in rock pools from mid tide to low tide mark

New Zealand Lumpfish - Photo (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett
conwaykw's ID: New Zealand Lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
Added on February 1, 2022
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Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 10, 2022 04:12 PM NZDT

Description

My guess. Eggs.
On small blade of Lessonia.

~1.5cm long

Clingfishes - Photo (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)
conwaykw's ID: Clingfishes (Family Gobiesocidae)
Added on January 21, 2022
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Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)

Observer

fun-gal-nz

Date

December 27, 2021 03:15 PM NZDT

Description

Approximately 5cm

Trnski's Clingfish - Photo (c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier
conwaykw's ID: Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)
Added on January 6, 2022
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Urchin Clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)

Observer

fiestykakapo

Date

October 8, 2021 02:36 PM NZDT

Description

I think.

Urchin Clingfish - Photo (c) jento, all rights reserved, uploaded by jento
conwaykw's ID: Urchin Clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
Added on October 8, 2021
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Estuary Clingfish (Trachelochismus aestuarium)

Observer

adam_d

Date

August 27, 2017 01:39 PM NZST

Description

Found in an abandoned shell in a rock pool.

Estuary Clingfish - Photo (c) Darrell Crisp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Darrell Crisp
conwaykw's ID: Estuary Clingfish (Trachelochismus aestuarium)
Added on October 4, 2021
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Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)

Observer

kent_miller

Date

July 8, 2013
Skilletfish - Photo (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benji Beluga
conwaykw's ID: Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)
Added on August 28, 2021
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Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)

Observer

fiestykakapo

Date

April 19, 2021 06:20 PM NZST
Trnski's Clingfish - Photo (c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier
conwaykw's ID: Trnski's Clingfish (Dellichthys trnskii)
Added on April 21, 2021
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Pink Clingfish (Aspasmogaster costata)

Observer

kdinh123

Date

September 4, 2020 03:58 PM AEST

Description

This one is about 1cm, with similar pattern on the body as the last one posted but not exactly the same. Hope this sheds some light on the ID.

Pink Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Pink Clingfish (Aspasmogaster costata)
Added on September 6, 2020
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Pink Clingfish (Aspasmogaster costata)

Observer

johnsear

Date

August 30, 2020 07:10 PM AEST
Pink Clingfish - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz
conwaykw's ID: Pink Clingfish (Aspasmogaster costata)
Added on August 31, 2020
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Striped Clingfish (Trachelochismus melobesia)

Observer

lobotaniser

Date

August 4, 2020 01:17 PM NZST
Striped Clingfish - Photo (c) lcolmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lcolmer
conwaykw's ID: Striped Clingfish (Trachelochismus melobesia)
Added on August 4, 2020
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