Orange clingfish

Orange clingfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Diplocrepis
Species:
D. puniceus
Binomial name
Diplocrepis puniceus
Synonyms

Lepadogaster puniceus Richardson, 1846[1]

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.[1]

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