Cling Fish
Common Name: Fish
Description: Shape and size - These fish are small and are usually less than 6cm in length. They have flattened heads with tapering bodies.
Symmetry - Bilateral
Skeleton - Endoskeleton
Features - Their skin is smooth and scaleless. They also have a protective layer of mucus and have single dorsal fins.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Lepadogaster
Species: L.Lepadogaster
Ecology: Relationship with other organisms - They reduce predation from other organisms by attaching themselves to the rock walls of the ocean floor.
Special Features - Their flattened bodies help reduce the drag of water and being dragged back into the sea.
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