Cochleoceps orientalis

Eastern cleaner-clingfish
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, Port Stephens, NSW, Photo: Tom Davis
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, Port Stephens, NSW, Photo: Tom Davis
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, Ulladulla, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis, Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis
Cochleoceps orientalis

Distribution

Temperate Australasia


Description

Greenish yellow through orange to red, with scattered dark spots and iridescent blue lines dorsally. Frequents areas of kelp or sponges and ascidians in deeper water. Observed cleaning boxfish, porcupine fish and morwong.


Information

Max Size: 6 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 15.5-24.6°C

Depth: N/A

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (19.0% 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.