Diplecogaster

Diplecogaster
Diplecogaster bimaculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Diplecogaster". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Diplecogaster". FishBase. June 2017 version.
3. 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.
4. 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.