Alor Clingfish

Description: Characterized by maroon color grading to whitish or pinkish on lower head, breast and abdomen; 7 dark maroon patch or bars on side; presence of thin white stripe from anterior of upper edge of eye to base of upper caudal, similar white stripe mid-dorsally from snout tip to middle of body; caudal fin yellow with dark brown triangular markings at middle area; dorsal rays 7; anal rays 7; pectoral rays 21; caudal rays 17; pelvic disc length 3.9 in SL; head length 2.5 in SL; gill rakers on second arch 6, rudimentary (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 7

Found in rocky depression at depth of 16 m, appears to be associated with sponges (Ref. 90102).

Aspasmichthys alorensis is a species of clingfish found in the western Pacific Ocean in Indonesia. The species was described by Gerald R. Allen and Mark Erdmann in 2012 from a type collected at submerged reef in the Alor Strait, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia at a depth 16 meters,. It is apparently associated with sponges.