Biology:Duck-billed clingfish

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Duck-billed clingfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Nettorhamphos
Conway, Moore & Summers, 2017
Species:
N. radula
Binomial name
Nettorhamphos radula
Conway, Moore & Summers, 2017[1]

Nettorhamphos radula, the duckbilled clingfish, is a species of clingfish (family Gobiesocidae) from the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. It is currently the sole member of the genus Nettorhamphos.[1]

Discovery and appearance

Nettorhamphos radula was discovered in a jar at the Western Australian Museum and only scientifically described in 2017. The specimen was caught and brought to the museum in the 1977.[2]

The species resembles other clingfish in being small (about 4 cm or 1.6 in) and having a suction cup on its chest, but differs by its large upper jaw that resembles the bill of a duck and its exceptionally high number of microscopic teeth, between 1,800 and 2,300.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Conway, Kevin W.; Moore, Glenn I.; Summers, Adam P. (2017). "A New Genus and Species of Clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Western Australia". Copeia 105 (1): 128–140. doi:10.1643/CI-16-560. 
  2. Stephanie Pappas (19 April 2017). "What has 1,800 teeth and a suction cup? A new clingfish species". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-has-1800-teeth-and-a-suction-cup-a-new-clingfish-species/. 
  3. Stephanie Pappas (18 April 2017). "What Has 1,800 Teeth and a Suction Cup? A New Clingfish Species". Live Science (Live Science). http://www.livescience.com/58731-new-duck-faced-clingfish-discovered.html. 
  4. Bray, D.J. (2017). "Nettorhamphos radula". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5320. 

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