The striped clingfish (Trachelochismus melobesia) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found all around New Zealand from low water to about 5 m, on rocky coastlines. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Trachelochismus |
| Species: | T. melobesia
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachelochismus melobesia Phillipps, 1927
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trachelochismus melobesia". FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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