Dellichthys
Sign in to saveDellichthys is a small genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae which are endemic to New Zealand. It had been regarded as a monotypic genus but a second species was described in 2018.
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Dellichthys is a small genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae which are endemic to New Zealand. It had been regarded as a monotypic genus but a second species was described in 2018.
==Species== Dellichthys morelandi Briggs, 1955 (New Zealand urchin clingfish) Dellichthys trnskii Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018
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