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Stippled clingfish

Gobiesox punctulatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
United States3
Massachusetts1
Louisiana1
Rhode Island1
Mexico1
Quintana Roo1
Colombia1
Magdalena1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderBlennies, damselfishes and allies · Blenniiformes
FamilyClingfishes · Gobiesocidae
GenusGobiesox

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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