Species Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins, 1991

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• Cochleoceps bicolor Hutchins, J.B. 1991. Description of three new species of gobiesocid fishes from southern Australia, with a key to the species of Cochleoceps. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(3): 655-672 [663, figs 4b, 5-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.28522–002, Flinders Island, off Cape Leeuwin, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM I.31831–001; BMNH 1991.9.12.11; NMV A.2829; SAMA F.6986; WAM P.25763-002; WAM P.26608-025; WAM P.28265-001; WAM P.28293-007; WAM P.28296-007; WAM P.28300-003.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Phillip Bay, VIC (145°02'E) to Lancelin, WA (31°05'S), rare in VIC; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

Often on sponges and ascidians.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [319]

Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 722-741 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [735]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [123] (as C. species)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [20] (as C. species)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [55]

Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1980. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 2, 392 pp. [Plate 13]

 

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [319] (Western Cleaner Clingfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Cleaner Clingfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Oct-2013	GOBIESOCOIDEI	09-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)