New Zealand urchin clingfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Dellichthys |
Species: | D. morelandi |
Binomial name | |
Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955 |
The New Zealand urchin clingfish, Dellichthys morelandi, is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis. It is found around New Zealand wherever sea urchins are present. Its length is between 2 to 3 cm.