Gobiesocidae

Western cleaner-clingfish

Cochleoceps bicolor

Gobiesocid Fish of the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Cochleoceps bicolor, the western cleaner clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae which is endemic to southern Australia. The distribution of this species extends from Lancelin, Western Australia to Port Phillip in Victoria. C. bicolor was described in 1991 by Barry Hutchins from a type locality of Flinders Island.