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New Zealand urchin clingfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gobiesociformes

Scientific name
  
Dellichthys landi

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Gobiesocidae

Higher classification
  
Dellichthys

Genus
  
Dellichthys 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 and 3 cm.

References

New Zealand urchin clingfish Wikipedia