Animalia > Chordata > Gobiesociformes > Gobiesocidae > Chorisochismus > Chorisochismus dentex

Chorisochismus dentex (Rocksucker)

Synonyms: Athaena fasciata; Cyclopterus dentex; Gobiesox fimbriatus; Gobiesox gyrinus
Language: Afrikaans; German; Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Chorisochismus dentex, the rocksucker or giant clingfish, is a species of clingfish found along the Atlantic coast of southern Africa from Namibia to northern Natal, South Africa. It grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL and is the largest species in the clingfish family. This species is the only known member of its genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Chorisochismus dentex

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Prey / Diet

Predators

Arctocephalus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal)[1]
Triakis megalopterus (Spotty)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0