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Giant clingfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gobiesociformes

Scientific name
  
Haplocylix littoreus

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Gobiesocidae

Higher classification
  
Haplocylix

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Genus
  
Haplocylix Briggs, 1955

The giant clingfish, Haplocylix littoreus, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Haplocylix. It is found all down the east coast of New Zealand around the low water mark amongst seaweed, on rocky coastlines. Its length is up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in).

References

Giant clingfish Wikipedia