- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIESOCIDAE
- Creocele
- cardinalis
Broad Clingfish, Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay 1882)
Other Names: Cardinal Clingfish
A Cardinal Clingfish, Creocele Cardinalis. Source: Rudie H. Kuiter / Aquatic Photographics. License: All rights reserved
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Creocele cardinalis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Jul 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4134
Broad Clingfish, Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay 1882)
More Info
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Distribution |
Nadgee, southern New South Wales, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and coastal Tasmania. Inhabits intertidal and subtidal reefs, often in weedy areas. |
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Species Citation |
Gobiesox cardinalis Ramsay 1882, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(2): 148. Type locality: near George Town, northern Tasmania. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Broad Clingfish, Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay 1882)
References
Briggs, J.C. 1955. A monograph of the clingfishes (order Xenopterygii). Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 6: 1-224 figs 1-114
Conway, K.W., Moore, G.I. & Summers, A.P. 2017. A new genus and species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Western Australia. Copeia 105(1): 128-140 https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-16-560
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.
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs.
Ramsay, E.P. 1882. On a new species of Gobiesox from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(2): 148 See ref at BHL
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
