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Acyrtus rubiginosus (Poey, 1868)

Description

Upper lip widest at middle; no papillae in central part of disk (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Rød dobbeltsuger , Danish , Denmark
  • Red clingfish , English , Bahamas
  • Red clingfish , English , Barbados
  • Red Clingfish , English , Cuba
  • Red clingfish , English , Mexico
  • Red clingfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Red clingfish , English , USA
  • 銹色緣盤魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 锈色缘盘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Chupapiedra roja , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pequita roja , Spanish , Cuba

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiesociformes

    Family: Gobiesocidae

    Genus: Acyrtus

    Species: Acyrtus rubiginosus (Poey, 1868)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bahamas and the Greater and Lesser Antilles. Grand Cayman, Isla de Providencia, western Caribbean from Mexico to Honduras (Ref. 26938).

    • Biology

    Lives in close association with the sea urchin Echinometra mainly for protection. Feeds primarily on benthic crustaceans like amphipods, but harpacticoid copepods and ostracods are also eaten (Ref. 33548).

    Habitat

    demersal