Diplecogaster tonstricula

Taxonavigation: Gobiesocoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Subordo: Gobiesocoidei

Familia: Gobiesocidae
Subfamilae: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Diplecogaster

Name

Diplecogaster tonstricula Fricke et al., 2015

• Holotype: ZSM 40089
• Paratypes: CCML uncat. (2); ZSM uncat. [ex. 40089] (5).

Type locality: Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, Dakar, 1.3 km southsouthwest of La Pointe des Almades, 14°43.806ʹN, 17°32.046ʹW, 28 m depth.

Etymology: Tonstricula (Latin) means little female barber. The name refers to the cleaning behaviour of the species.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Atlantic Cleaner Clingfish

References

• 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, published online: September 18, 2015. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1079659 Reference page.