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Tomicodon zebra
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Tomicodon zebra

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Tomicodon myersi
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Tomicodon myersi
Tomicodon myersi
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Tomicodon myersi

Tomicodon humeralis
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Tomicodon humeralis
Tomicodon chilensis
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Tomicodon chilensis

Tomicodon prodomus
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Tomicodon prodomus
Tomicodon absitus
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Tomicodon absitus

Tomicodon boehlkei
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Tomicodon boehlkei
Tomicodon abuelorum
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Tomicodon abuelorum

Tomicodon abuelorum
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Tomicodon abuelorum
Tomicodon vermiculatus
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Tomicodon vermiculatus

Tomicodon eos
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Tomicodon eos
Tomicodon zebra
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Tomicodon zebra

Tomicodon bidens
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Tomicodon bidens
Tomicodon bidens
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Tomicodon bidens

Tomicodon
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Tomicodon
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Overview
Main identification features
  • head long, pointed
  • sucker papillae: front, sides and rear only
  • pectoral base: small swelling
TOMICODON

CLINGFISHES

Body relatively slender (both viewed from above), head relatively slender; sucker disc with broad patch of papillae at front and rear but no papillae in center; front of top jaw with a single row of large incisors; a small fleshy swelling at pectoral base.

A neotropical genus with 13 species; 12 found in and endemic to our region.


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