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View Mode View All Pictures Species Diplecogaster megalops Briggs    Diplecogaster megalops was originally described as Diplecogaster megalops by Briggs in 1955. It belongs to the family Gobiesocidae and subfamily Lepadogastrinae. It is commonly known as Bigeye clingfish and is known Bigeye clingfish in South Africa, Bigeye clingfish in South Africa, Grootoog-suiervis in South Africa. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megalops AuthorWI   Briggs [J. C.] AuthorNI   Briggs Qualification   --- Year   1955 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Gobiesociformes Gobiesociformes Family   Gobiesocidae Subfamily   Lepadogastrinae Lepadogastrinae Genus   Diplecogaster Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Gobiesociformes Family   Gobiesocidae Subfamily   Lepadogastrinae Genus   Diplecogaster Original Name   Diplecogaster         Taxon Name   megalops Original Combination   Diplecogaster megalops Original Genus   Diplecogaster Original Genus Species   Diplecogaster megalops OriginalSubGenus   Diplecogaster Original Author   Briggs Original AuthorWI   Briggs [J. C.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1955 Original Family   Gobiesocidae Original SubFamily   Lepadogastrinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 120 fathoms. Types   Paratypes: CAS-SU 18734 (1), ZMUC P9032-33 (2). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:85 [ref. 9588]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   ZMUC P9031 Journal   Stanford Ichthyol. Bull. Citation   v. 6 Page   31 Illustrations   Fig. 84 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Diplecogaster megalops Current Species   megalops Current Genus Diplecogaster Current AuthorWI Briggs [J. C.] Current AuthorNI   Briggs Current Year   1955 Current Family Gobiesocidae Current Subfamily Lepadogastrinae Lepadogastrinae Habitat Marine.         Water Salt water     Current Summary   Valid as Diplecogaster megalops  Briggs 1955. Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae.   Name History   •Valid as Diplecogaster megalops Briggs 1955 -- (Briggs 1986:379 [ref. 5643], Hofrichter 1995:151 [ref. 30502], Hofrichter & Patzner 1997:21 [ref. 23741], Fricke et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33962] once as melagops, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2017:210 [ref. 35501], Fricke & Wirtz 2017:6 [ref. 35696]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (24 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   bimaculata Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Pennant) 1788) Valid bimaculata bimaculata Diplecogaster bimaculata bimaculata (Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Pennant) 1788) Synonym bimaculata euxinica Diplecogaster bimaculata euxinica Murgoci [A. A.] 1964 Synonym bimaculata pectoralis Diplecogaster bimaculata pectoralis Briggs [J. C.] 1955 Synonym couchii Diplecogaster couchii (Saville-Kent [W.] 1883) Synonym ctenocrypta Diplecogaster ctenocrypta Briggs [J. C.] 1955 Valid dentatus Diplecogaster dentatus (Facciolà [L.] 1887) Synonym desfontanii Diplecogaster desfontanii (Risso [A.] 1827) Synonym elegans Diplecogaster elegans (Nardo [G. D.] 1860) Synonym euxinica Diplecogaster euxinica Murgoci [A. A.] 1964 Valid latirostris Diplecogaster latirostris (Costa [O. G.] 1840) Synonym lineatus Diplecogaster lineatus (Guichenot [A.] 1850) Synonym listellus Diplecogaster listellus (Nardo [G. D.] (ex Chiereghini) 1847) Synonym maculatus Diplecogaster maculatus (Guichenot [A.] 1850) Synonym mirbeli Diplecogaster mirbeli (Risso [A.] 1820) Synonym norvegicus Diplecogaster norvegicus (Düben [M. W. von] 1845) Synonym ocellatus Diplecogaster ocellatus (Risso [A.] 1810) Synonym pectoralis Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs [J. C.] 1955 Valid punctatus Diplecogaster punctatus (Guichenot [A.] 1850) Synonym raninus Diplecogaster raninus (Nardo [G. D.] (ex Chiereghini) 1847) Synonym reticulatus Diplecogaster reticulatus (Risso [A.] 1810) Synonym tonstricula Diplecogaster tonstricula Fricke [R.], Wirtz [P.] & Brito [A.] 2015 Valid umutturali Diplecogaster umutturali Bilecenoğlu [M.], Yokeş [M. B.] & Kovačić [M.] 2017 Valid urifasciatus Diplecogaster urifasciatus (Costa [O. G.] 1840) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (24 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…