Description

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Body very small; possessing a thoracic adhesive disk formed by modification of the pectoral and pelvic fins; dorsal fin with 6 to 7 rays; anal fin with 5 to 7 rays; pectoral fins with 20 to 22 rays; maxillary with only incisiform teeth; body brown with blue and red reticulate bars and spots on the back and sides and scattered white spots that may form bars along the body (Ref. 55763).

Common Names

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Rock clingfish , English , UK

玫斑阿科斯喉盘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

玫斑阿科斯喉盤魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pejesapo , Spanish , Ecuador

Pejesapo , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Arcos

Species: Arcos rhodospilus (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Biology

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Inhabits shallow rocky areas. Feeds on zooplankton, algae, and small benthic invertebrates.

Habitat

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demersal