Diplecogaster bimaculata bimaculata

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Clingfishes and singleslits ; Trawled over soft mud bottom . Feeds mainly on benthic organisms [1]. Inhabits shallow water on rocky bottoms and bivalve banks. Spawns in June - July, egg measures 1.5 mm. Larvae are pelagic [2].

Common Names

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Description

Family Gobiesocidae

Species in this family occur in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Chiefly marine , few in freshwater . Most species are shallow water bottom-dwellers, some associated with invertebrate hosts such as sea urchins or crinoids . Pelvic fins usually present and modified into a sucking disc; 1 spine, 4 (rarely 5) soft rays . Spineless dorsal fin. Head and body scaleless . Branchiostegal 5-7 rays (except Alebes with 3). Circumorbital bone posterior to lachrymal absent. Articular process of premaxilla either fused with ascending process or absent. Basibranchials 1 and 2 probably absent. Supracleithrum with concave process articulates with the condyle on cleithrum. Without basisphenoid and orbitosphenoid . Gills 3 or 3.5. Fused hypurals forming 1 plate . Genital papilla behind anus. No swim bladder. Vertebrae 25-54. Maximum length normally 7 cm, but reaching at least 30 cm.The family Gobiesocidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Gobiesociformes. It contains 36 genera and 120 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Members of this family have been dated back to the Miocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Latin, gobius = goby + Greek, esox = nursery of salmon

Habitat

May be found at depths of 18 to 36 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,035 meters (0 to -19,800 feet).[3]

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cyclopterus bimaculatus Bonnaterre, 1788
2. Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)
3. Diplecogaster bimaculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
4. Lepadogaster bimaculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
5. Lepadogaster couchii Saville-Kent, 1883
6. Lepadogaster desfontanii Risso, 1827
7. Lepadogaster elegans Nardo, 1860
8. Lepadogaster latirostris Costa, 1840
9. Lepadogaster lineatus Guichenot, 1850
10. Lepadogaster maculatus Guichenot, 1850
11. Lepadogaster mirbeli Risso, 1820
12. Lepadogaster norvegicus D�ben, 1845
13. Lepadogaster ocellatus Risso, 1810
14. Lepadogaster punctatus Guichenot, 1850
15. Lepadogaster raninus Nardo, 1847
16. Lepadogaster reticulatus Risso, 1810
17. Lepadogaster urifasciatus Costa, 1840
18. Lepidogaster couchii Saville-Kent, 1883
19. Mirbelia desfontainii (Risso, 1827)
20. Mirbelia maculata (Guichenot, 1850)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Diplecogaster

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

D. bimaculata (Two-Spotted Clingfish) · D. bimaculata bimaculata (Two-Spotted Clingfish) · D. bimaculata euxinica · D. bimaculata pectoralis · D. ctenocrypta · D. megalops (Bigeye Clingfish)

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Further Reading

• Briggs, J.C. (1986). Gobiesocidae. p. 1351-1359. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, volume 3. UNESCO, Paris.
• Gibson, R.N. and I.A. Ezzi (1987). Feeding relationships of a demersal fish assemblage on the west coast of Scotland. J. Fish Biol. 31:55-69.
• Lanfranco, G.G. (1993). The fish around Malta. Progress Press Co., Ltd., Malta.
• Mikhov, S. (2000). Checklist of fishes of Bulgaria. FishBase checklist modified by Stoyan Mikhov.
• Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p.
• Rass, T.S. (1987). Present status of the composition of the Black Sea ichthyofauna. J. Ichthyol. 27(3):64-72.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 5, 2007.
• FishBase
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 24 providers.
• Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2513767
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-59724
• Fishbase Species ID: 64
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13598171
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164483
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109324

Footnotes

1. Gibson, R.N. and I.A. Ezzi (1987). Feeding relationships of a demersal fish assemblage on the west coast of Scotland. J. Fish Biol. 31:55-69. [back]
2. Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. [back]
3. Mean = -3,188.460 meters (-10,460.827 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,809.650 based on 1,693 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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