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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae Clingfishes and singleslits
Subfamily: Lepadogastrinae
Genus: Diplecogaster

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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Salesjö, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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Diplecogaster bimaculata
[Two-spotted clingfish]

Photo by Fricke, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 1.7 cm SL
Diplecogaster ctenocrypta Briggs, 1955

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Diplecogaster ctenocrypta
[]
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Diplecogaster euxinica
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 3.4 cm TL
Diplecogaster megalops Briggs, 1955

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Diplecogaster megalops
[Bigeye clingfish]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 2.2 cm SL
Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs, 1955

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Diplecogaster pectoralis
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 1.5 cm SL
Diplecogaster roseioculus Fricke & Wirtz, 2023

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Diplecogaster roseioculus
[Pink-eye clingfish]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic Ocean, S
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
Diplecogaster tonstricula Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2015

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Diplecogaster tonstricula
[Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish]
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Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
 
Diplecogaster umutturali
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Diplecogaster bimaculata Two-spotted clingfish Eastern Atlantic 6 SL 1788
Diplecogaster ctenocrypta Eastern Atlantic 1.7 SL 1955
Diplecogaster euxinica The Black Sea. 1964
Diplecogaster megalops Bigeye clingfish Southeast Atlantic and We 3.4 TL 1955
Diplecogaster pectoralis Eastern Atlantic 2.2 SL 1955
Diplecogaster roseioculus Pink-eye clingfish Eastern Atlantic 1.5 SL 2023
Diplecogaster tonstricula Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish Eastern Atlantic Ocean, S 2.3 SL 2015
Diplecogaster umutturali Mediterranean Sea 2.7 SL 2017



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