Biology:Diplecogaster

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Diplecogaster
Diplecogaster bimaculata (Stefano Guerrieri).jpg
Diplecogaster bimaculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Diplecogaster
Fraser-Brunner, 1938
Type species
Cyclopterus bimaculatus
Bonnaterre, 1788[1]

Diplecogaster is a genus of fish in the family Gobiesocidae found in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

  • Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Two-spotted clingfish)
  • Diplecogaster ctenocrypta Briggs, 1955 (Eastern Atlantic deep-water clingfish) [3]
  • Diplecogaster euxinica Murgoci, 1964 [3]
  • Diplecogaster megalops Briggs, 1955 (Big-eye clingfish)
  • Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs, 1955 [3]
  • Diplecogaster tonstricula R. Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2015 (Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish) [3]
  • Diplecogaster umutturali Bilecenoğlu, Yokeş & Kovačić, 2017 [4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2482570 entry