Aspasmichthys alorensis

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Aspasmichthys alorensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Aspasmichthys
Species:
A. alorensis
Binomial name
Aspasmichthys alorensis

Aspasmichthys alorensis is a species of clingfish found in the western Pacific Ocean in Indonesia. The species was described by Gerald R. Allen and Mark Erdmann in 2012 from a type collected at submerged reef in the Alor Strait, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia at a depth 16 meters,. [1] It is apparently associated with sponges. [2]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Aspasmichthys alorensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Aspasmichthys alorensis" in FishBase . April 2019 version.