Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis, Yorke Peninsula, SA, Photo: James Brook
Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis, Port Phillip Bay, VIC, Photo: Paul Tinkler
Distribution
Temperate Australasia
Description
Light pink body with about 20 dark pink or brown bands across the upper surface and a large skin fold across the top of the snout. A related species with a similar appearance, but lacking the dark bands, the smooth-snout clingfish Aspasmogaster liorhyncha, is very abundant under sea urchins in circular depressions on sandstone reefs in New South Wales.
Information
Max Size: 8 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 11.4-21.4°C
Depth: 0-10m
Habitat: Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (2% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: GJ Edgar. 2008. Australian Marine Life. New Holland, Sydney
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