Clipperton Island
Clipperton
Island is
an overseas possession of France
and forms its own ecoregion (EoE). Shorefish
zoogeography is covered in (STRI
pdf file).
Marine fish known only from Clipperton Island include Baldwin's Major
Stegastes baldwini (Discover
Life), the Clipperton Cardinal Soldierfish Myripristis
gildi
(STRI),
the Clipperton Rainbow Wrasse Thalassoma robertsoni
(STRI),
the Clipperton Razorfish Xyrichtys
wellingtoni (eol),
the
Clipperton Angelfish Holacanthus
limbaughi
(STRI),
and
Axelrod's Reef
Bass Pseudogramma
axelrodi (STRI).
A goby Bathygobius
arundeli (FishBase)
has sometimes been considered a full species distinct from the Southern
Frillfin Bathygobius
lineatus (STRI).
A skink Emoia arundeli
(Jean-Louis
Etienne) has recently been determined to be a distinct
endemic species.
Invertebrates unique to Clipperton Island include a centipede Cryptops navigans (Internet
Archive),
a hermit crab Calcinus
mclaughlinae (INPN),
and several shrimp: Chacella
(or
Sandyella)
mclaughlinae (MNHN
pdf file), Chacella
bicornuta, Chacella
quadricornuta, and Chacella
sexicornuta (the last three at Joseph
Poupin pdf file).