Little Clingfish
Parvicrepis parvipinnis
- Usual depth0–3 m
- Water temperature14–23 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and March
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The little clingfish is a species of clingfish found in reef environments along the coast of Australia. This species grows to a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus. This species was described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite as Diplocrepis parvipinnis in 1906 with a type locality of Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. In 1931 Gilbert Percy Whitley raised the monotypic genus Parvicrepis for this species.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Little Clingfish, Smallfin Clingfish
Other scientific names: Diplocrepis parvipinnis
Similar species
Common Shore-eelAlabes dorsalis
Long-snout ClingfishDiademichthys lineatus
Pygmy Shore EelAlabes parvula
Broad ClingfishAspasmogaster costata
Western Cleaner ClingfishCochleoceps bicolor
Eastern Cleaner-clingfishCochleoceps orientalis
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).
- 85 open-data records from 1907 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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