| Flagtail wormfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Clarkichthys J.L.B. Smith, 1958 |
| Species: |
C. bilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Clarkichthys bilineatus (H. W. Clark, 1936) | |
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The flagtail wormfish (Clarkichthys bilineatus) is a speciesofwormfish native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from MexicotoColombia as well as the Galápagos Islands. It is an inhabitant of tide pools and reefs being found down to a depth of about 8 metres (26 ft). This species grows to a length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The generic name is a compound noun made up of the surname Clark, to honour the American ichthyologist H. Walton Clark (1870-1941) who described the species and ichthys the Greek for "fish".[3]
| Clarkichthys bilineatus |
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