Orange clingfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Diplocrepis |
Species: | D. puniceus
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Binomial name | |
Diplocrepis puniceus (J. Richardson, 1846)
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Synonyms | |
Lepadogaster puniceus Richardson, 1846[1] |
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]