Gobiesocidae

New Zealand lumpfish

Trachelochismus pinnulatus

Broad blunt head with thick lip

• Temperate
• Island endemic
• Southern Hemisphere
• Island endemic species
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

New Zealand lumpfish is known around Southwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 10 cm.