- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIESOCIDAE
- Parvicrepis
- parvipinnis
Smallfin Clingfish, Parvicrepis parvipinnis (Waite 1906)
Other Names: Little Clingfish
A Smallfin Clingfish, Parvicrepis parvipinnis, from Freshwater Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, February 2015. Source: Kevin Conway / Texas A&M University. License: All rights reserved
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Parvicrepis parvipinnis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4136
Smallfin Clingfish, Parvicrepis parvipinnis (Waite 1906)
More Info
Distribution |
Northern New South Wales, around southern Australia, to Spencer Gulf, South Australia, including around Tasmania. Inhabits seagrass and macroalgal beds in shallow sheltered bays, often in the intertidal region. |
Etymology |
The specific name paripinnis is from the Latin parvus (= short) and pinnis (= fin). |
Species Citation |
Diplocrepis parvipinnis Waite 1906, Records of the Australian Museum 6(3): 202, pl. 36(3). Type locality: Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
Resources |
Smallfin Clingfish, Parvicrepis parvipinnis (Waite 1906)
References
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.
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Kuiter, R. & Kuiter, S. 2018. Coastal sea-fishes of south-eastern Australia. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, 371 pp.
Waite, E.R. 1906. Descriptions of and notes on some South Australian and Tasmanian fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 6(3): 194-210 figs 34-36 See ref at BHL
Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27