New Zealand urchin clingfish

New Zealand urchin clingfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiesociformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Dellichthys
Species:	D. morelandi
Binomial name
Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955

The New Zealand urchin clingfish, Dellichthys morelandi, is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis. It is found around New Zealand wherever sea urchins are present. Its length is between 2 to 3 cm.

References

• "Dellichthys morelandi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=642602. Retrieved 11 March 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dellichthys morelandi" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8