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Diplecogaster tonstricula Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2015

Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish
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Senegal country information

Common names: Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality ot Diplecogaster tonstricula, ZSM 40089, Dakar, 1.3 km southsouth-west of La Pointe des Almades (Ref. 106378). Misidentified as Diplecogaster ctenocrypta (in Ref. 107185, 107587 from Ngor Island) (Ref. 106378).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.refer.sn/sngal_ct/eco/oeps/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito, 2016
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Lepadogastrinae
Etymology: Diplecogaster: Greek, di = two + Greek, pleko = plait, pigtail (Ref. 45335);  tonstricula: Name from Latin 'tonstricula' meaning little female barber; referring to the cleaning behaviour of the new species..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 38 m (Ref. 106378).   Tropical

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