Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand
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Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955
Dellichthys is a small genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae which are endemic to New Zealand. It had been regarded as a monotypic genus but a second species was described in 2018.
Species in this genus: Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955 (New Zealand urchin clingfish) and Dellichthys trnskii Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018.
Head and body of Dellichthys morelandi is purple or cream with blue spots and a band of pale color across nape. The New Zealand Urchin Clingfish feeds mainly on the tube feet and pedicellariae of its host sea urchins (Evechinus chloroticus) and on small crustaceans.
Dellichthys is a small genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae which are endemic to New Zealand. It had been regarded as a monotypic genus but a second species was described in 2018.
Species in this genus: Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955 (New Zealand urchin clingfish) and Dellichthys trnskii Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018.
Head and body of Dellichthys morelandi is purple or cream with blue spots and a band of pale color across nape. The New Zealand Urchin Clingfish feeds mainly on the tube feet and pedicellariae of its host sea urchins (Evechinus chloroticus) and on small crustaceans.
