Author: Briggs, 1955

Diplecogaster bimaculata pectoralis Briggs, 1955

Diagnosis: a small fish with a rather short caudal peduncle. Upper attachment of axial dermal flap opposite pectoral finray 10-13 (m= 11). Dorsal finrays 7; anal finrays 5-7; caudal finrays 11-12. Length of disc 3.8-4.6 (m = 4.3) times in SL. Colour: life colours unknown. Size: to 22 mm SL.

Habitat, Food, Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: the Azores, Cape Verde Is. and the Canaries.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gobiesociformes
Family Gobiesocidae
Genus Diplecogaster
Species Diplecogaster pectoralis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs, 1955

Scientific synonyms and common names

Diplecogaster bimaculata pectoralis Briggs, 1955

Synonyms:

Diplecogaster bimaculata pectoralis Briggs, 1955, Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 6: 30 31, fig. 83 (La Luz, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands). Holotype: ZMUC no. 2.4.1930; 5 paratypes: one taken with holotype, ZMUC no. 2.4.1930; two from same locality, CAS no. 18735, ZMUC no. 28 . 3 .1930; one from near Azores at MOM (not numbered); one from near St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, BMNH no. 1890.2.26.


Common names:

none.

Briggs, J. C. 1955. A Monograph of the Clingfishes (Order Xenopterygii). Stanford ichthyol. Bull, 6: iv+1-224, 114 fig., 15 maps.

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