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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 Gobiesocinae. It is commonly known as Bigeye clingfish and is known in South Africa as Bigeye clingfish, in South Africa as Bigeye clingfish, in South Africa as Grootoog-suiervis. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa.   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   Gobiesocinae Gobiesocinae Genus   Diplecogaster Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Gobiesociformes Family   Gobiesocidae Subfamily   Gobiesocinae 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   Gobiesocinae 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   --- Original QualificationSS   --- 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   Gobiesocinae Gobiesocinae Habitat   demersal         Water   Salt water     Distribution   Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa. Current Summary   Valid as Diplecogaster megalops  Briggs 1955. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae.   Name History   • Valid as Diplecogaster megalops  Briggs 1955 -- (Briggs 1986:379 [ref. 5643], Hofrichter 1995:151 [ref. 30502], Hofrichter & Patzner 1997:21 [ref. 23741]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (23 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) Valid bimaculata euxinica Diplecogaster bimaculata euxinica Murgoci [A. A.] 1964 Valid bimaculata pectoralis Diplecogaster bimaculata pectoralis Briggs [J. C.] 1955 Valid 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) Not available 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 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 (23 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…