Eastern Cleaner-clingfish
Cochleoceps orientalis
- Water temperature18–23 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cochleoceps orientalis, common name eastern cleaner-clingfish, is a species of clingfish that is endemic to the marine waters around southeastern Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cochleoceps orientalis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 58 records
- February: 40 records
- March: 42 records
- April: 28 records
- May: 49 records
- June: 25 records
- July: 27 records
- August: 26 records
- September: 69 records
- October: 63 records
- November: 73 records
- December: 57 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–23 °C
Photos
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Joanna Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Eastern Cleaner-clingfish, Eastern Cleaner Clingfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Chupapiedra Escarlata Australiana
- Simplified Chinese
- 东方宽头喉盘鱼
Similar species
Western Cleaner ClingfishCochleoceps bicolor
- Broadhead Clingfish
Cochleoceps bassensis
- Spade-nose Clingfish
Cochleoceps spatula
- Green Clingfish
Cochleoceps viridis
Common Shore-eelAlabes dorsalis
Long-snout ClingfishDiademichthys lineatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 135 open-data records from 1977 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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