Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8.

Common Names

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Broad clingfish , English , Australia

Eastern clingfish , English , Australia

Pink clingfish , English , Australia

隆線擬姥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

隆线拟姥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Aspasmogaster

Species: Aspasmogaster costata (Ogilby, 1885)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Southwest Pacific: New South Wales to Western Port, Australia.

Biology

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Secretive, occurring under rocks, often behind sea urchins.

Habitat

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demersal