''Creocele cardinalis'', the broad clingfish, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
clingfish
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...
found on the southern coast of
Australia
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.
Description
This species grows to a length of
TL. The colour is generally greenish with markings of darker brown. The head has a distinctly flattened appearance.
References
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Gobiesocidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish of Australia
Taxa named by Edward Pierson Ramsay
Fish described in 1882
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