Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7.

Common Names

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Padded clingfish , English , Bahamas

Padded Clingfish , English , Cuba

Padded clingfish , English , Puerto Rico

Paddled clingfish , English , Mexico

Tadpole clingfish , English , Neth Antilles

Tadpole clingfish , English , USA

大眼阿科斯喉盘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼阿科斯喉盤魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pegapega , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Chupapiedra acojinada , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Arcos

Species: Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Bahama Is., Greater Antilles, Virgin Is., Lesser Antilles, northern South America

Biology

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Found in very shallow water along rocky shores that may be exposed to surf (Ref. 13442). May enter narrow cracks and crevices (Ref. 13442). Feeds on limpets, crabs, chitons, crustaceans, fishes and polychaete worms (Ref. 13442).

Habitat

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brackish