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Orange clingfish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Diplocrepis
Species: D. puniceus
Binomial name
Diplocrepis puniceus
(J. Richardson, 1846)
Synonyms

Lepadogaster puniceus Richardson, 1846

1927 drawing by Louis Thomas Griffin

The orange clingfish (Diplocrepis puniceus) is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis. It is found all around New Zealand from low water to about 5 m, on rocky coastlines. This species grows to a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplocrepis puniceus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Diplocrepis puniceus


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