Common Name
Fiveheaded Clingfish
Year Described
Smith-Vaniz, 1971
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 8
Anal Fin: 7
Pectoral Fin: 26
Caudal Fin: 7+6 plus 2 upper/lower procurrent
Vertebrae:
Body stout but relatively elongated (maximum depth 4.3-5 times in SL). Eye relatively large (0.5-0.8 times in interorbital width). Forehead profile almost vertical. Mouth very small. Nostrils tubular and close together. Teeth bifid anteriorly. Gill membranes attached to isthmus. Subopercle without a spine. Three of four gill arches with filaments. Fin rays are all unbranched. Pelvic disk well developed and covered in patches of papillae. Center of anterior disk region C with a patch of ten papillae. Posterior patch in region C V-shaped. Median fins placed far back on body. Tail truncate.
Color
Only known from preserved material which has no coloration visible. Eye darker. Possibly red in life as holotype collected with red coralline algae.
Size
Holotype measures 17.1mm SL.
Habitat
Trawled at 68-69m on a fairly low relief hardbottom habitat.
Range
Known only from off Dominica.
References
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1971. Another new species of the clingfish genus Derilissus from the western Atlantic (Pisces: Gobiesocidae). Copeia, 291-294.