Modicus tangaroa

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Modicus tangaroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Modicus
Species: M. tangaroa
Binomial name
Modicus tangaroa
Hardy, 1983

Modicus tangaroa is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found only around New Zealand at depths of between 20 and 149 m, on coarse, mixed shell-bryozoan and brachiopod bottoms. Its length is up to 3 cm.

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