Parrot Grass Clingfish, Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers 2024

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Parrot Grass Clingfish, Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers 2024

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Distribution	Endemic to southern Australia, from Port Phillip, Victoria, and Great Oyster Bay in Tasmania. The species is likely to be more widespread in Victoria and Tasmania. Inhabits shallow seagrass and macroalgal beds.
Features	Dorsal fin 8-10; Anal fin 9-11; Vertebrae 35-37.
Etymology	The specific name is "from the name of the Australian endemic parrot genus Parvipsitta Mathews, 1916, in reference to the bright colour of males in life."
Species Citation	Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers 2024, Zootaxa 5552(1): 38, Fig. 2, 6D, 24-29. Type locality: Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, St. Leonards, seagrass beds, 4.2-4.8 m.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Parrot Grass Clingfish, Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers 2024

References

Conway, K.W., Moore, G.I. & Summers, A.P. 2024. A new genus and four new species of seagrass-specialist clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from temperate southern Australia. Zootaxa 5552(1): 1-66. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5552.1.1

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae, in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. 992 pp. (as undescribed Genus C, sp. 1, in part)

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. (in part as undescribed Genus C, sp. 1)