Description

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

Common Names

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Galapagos clingfish , English , Galapagos Is.

杂色阿科斯喉盘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雜色阿科斯喉盤魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pez prendedor de Galapagos , Spanish , Galapagos Is.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Arcos

Species: Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns, 1842)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Southeast Pacific: endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Biology

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Lives in small recesses on rocky reefs, slopes and walls, clinging to rocky substrates (Ref. 5227) in the surge zones (Ref. 11482).

Habitat

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associated