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Diplecogaster

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Diplecogaster
Diplecogaster bimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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

Species

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There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  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. ^ a b c d 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.