Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins 1991
A Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor, at Port Hughes Jetty, South Australia. Source: Graham Short. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A yellowish to reddish clingfish with regular blue bands across the back and a bluish-grey tail.
Western Cleaner Clingfish often set up cleaning stations on sponges and tunicates and remove parasites from range of larger fishes.
Western Cleaner Clingfish often set up cleaning stations on sponges and tunicates and remove parasites from range of larger fishes.
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Dianne J. Bray, Cochleoceps bicolor in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1151
Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins 1991
More Info
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Distribution |
Endemci to southern Australia from Port Phillip, Victoria, to Lancelin, Western Australia. Inhabits deeper rocky reefs and often sets up cleaning stations on sponges and ascidians. |
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Similar Species |
The Eastern Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps orientalis, lacks the bluish tail and has irregular bluish bands and wavy lines on the back. |
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Species Citation |
Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins, 1991, Rec. W. A. Mus. 15(3): 663, figs 4b, 5-7. Type locality: Flinders Island, off Cape Leeuwin, WA. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins 1991
References
Hutchins, J.B. 1991. Description of three new species of gobiesocid fishes from southern Australia, with a key to the species of Cochleoceps. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(3): 655-672. PDF
Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 722-741 in Gomon. M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.
Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs.
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1980. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 2, 392 pp.
