Diplecogaster

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

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