Samoan Clingfish, Conidens samoensis (Steindachner 1906)



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Bray, D.J. 2021, Conidens samoensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/897

Samoan Clingfish, Conidens samoensis (Steindachner 1906)

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Distribution

Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the west Pacific, from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, north to Samoa.

Species Citation

Crepidogaster samoensis Steindachner 1906, Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 115(7): 1408. Type locality: Upolu, Samoa.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Samoan Clingfish, Conidens samoensis (Steindachner 1906)

References


Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 (misidentified as Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis)

Briggs, J.C. 1955. A monograph of the clingfishes (order Xenopterygii). Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 6: 1-224 figs 1-114 

Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 

Francis, M.P. 2019. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4428305.v2

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Gobiesocidae. pp. 3381-4218 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. 

Steindachner, F. 1906. Zur fischfauna der Samoa-Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 115(7): 1369-1425 See ref at BHL

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37206023

Depth:0-8 m

Habitat:Reef associated

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