Diplecogaster Explained

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

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)
• Diplecogaster euxinica Murgoci, 1964
• Diplecogaster megalops Briggs, 1955 (Big-eye clingfish)
• Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs, 1955
• Diplecogaster tonstricula R. Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2015 (Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish) ^[1]
• Diplecogaster umutturali Bilecenoğlu, Yokeş & Kovačić, 2017 ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Fricke, R., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. (2015): Diplecogaster tonstricula, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta species-group. Journal of Natural History, 50 (11-12): 731-748.
2. Bilecenoğlu, M., Yokeş, M.B. & Kovačić, M. (2017): A new species of Diplecogaster (Actinopterygii: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Zoology in the Middle East, 63 (3): 210-218.