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Lepadichthys lineatus Doubleline Clingfish

Lepadichthys lineatus is commonly referred to as Doubleline Clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Doublestriped Clingfish - Lepadichthys lineatus 2021


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lexID:
9684 
AphiaID:
219759 
Scientific:
Lepadichthys lineatus 
German:
Doppellinien-Schildfisch 
English:
Doubleline Clingfish 
Category:
Clingfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Lepadichthys (Genus) > lineatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Briggs, 1966 
Occurrence:
Alor, Australia, Bali, Banda Sea, Chesterfield Islands, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Maumere, Myanmar, Papua, Papua New Guinea, South-Africa, Sumatra, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 25 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 1.77" (4.5 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 29,3 °F (25°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Parasitic 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-12 20:15:24 

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Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs, 1966

Lives on the crinoids Lamprometra klunzingeri and Capillaster multiradiata and feeds on the pinnulae of its hosts.

Very similar to Rhinolepadichthys geminus.

Synonymised names:
Discotrema lineata (Briggs, 1966) · unaccepted
Discotrema lineatum (Briggs, 1966) · unaccepted

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  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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