Biology:Duck-billed clingfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Duck-billed clingfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Nettorhamphos Conway, Moore & Summers, 2017 |
| Species: | N. radula
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| Binomial name | |
| Nettorhamphos radula Conway, Moore & Summers, 2017[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bray, D.J. (2017). "Nettorhamphos radula". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5320.
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