Tomicodon rupestris, Surge clingfish

Tomicodon rupestris (Poey, 1860)

Surge clingfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Gobiesocinae
Etymology: Tomicodon: Greek, tomikos, -e, -on = that is useful for cutting (Ref. 45335); rupestris: From the Latin rupestris, meaning rocky or of rocks, presumably referring to the rocky surge-zone habitat of this species (Ref. 50106).
More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 50106). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Grand Cayman, Belize, Honduras, and San Andrés Island, Colombia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50106)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Anal soft rays: 6 - 9; Vertebrae: 30 - 33.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Collected from rocky shallow surge zones (Ref. 50106).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Williams, J.T. and J.C. Tyler, 2003. Revision of the western Atlantic clingfishes of the genus Tomicodon (Gobiesocidae), with descriptions of five new species. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 621:1-26. (Ref. 50106)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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