First record of the Kermadec Clingfish, Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae), from New Caledonia and Australia

By

Fujiwara, Kyoji
Conway, Kevin W.
Motomura, Hiroyuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-5-14

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

769--773

Subjects

Diademichthyinae , Geographic distribution , Pacific Ocean , range extension , Tasman Sea

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.769

 

Abstract

Two specimens (17.1 and 29.1 mm standard length) of Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae) were collected from New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island, Australia. The species and genus were originally described on the basis of 15 specimens from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, where the genus has been considered endemic. The two specimens reported herein represent the first records of F. incus from New Caledonia and Australia.