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