Species: Derilissus nanus, Dwarf Clingfish

Derilissus nanus Briggs, 1969
Dwarf Clingfish
Body slender, only slightly depressed at front; head narrow, snout short, profile angular, with mouth opening at front; eyes large; front nostril an elongate tube, without a flap; rear nostrils slightly tubular; top lip broad at front, narrow on sides; teeth in 1 row on both jaws, with 3-pointed incisors at front of both jaws; 5-7 short, blunt gill rakers; median fins short; 1 dorsal fin, at rear, no spines, 6-7; anal fin 6-7, like dorsal fin and under it; 1st ray hidden on dorsal and anal fins; pectoral rays 18-21; a poorly developed fleshy pad on lower pectoral base; sucker medium sized, papillae small, center with a cluster of 4 papillae, followed by a forward pointing V shaped group of 5 papillae; no scales; lateral line present as pores on head only.
Dark, brown above, black on sides.
Reaches 1.7 cm.
Coral heads.
Depth range: 31-51 m.
The Bahamas.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Bahamas endemic
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 1.7
- Depth Range Min
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- 31
- Depth Range Max
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- 51