FB-67904 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67904 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Aulopiformes Synodontidae Saurida Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish Diplecogaster ctenocrypta (non Briggs, 1955) 2016-03-22 2024-08-16 Brito, A., P.J. Pascual, J.M. Falcón, A. Sancho and G. González0 Peces de las Islas Canarias. Catalogo comentado e ilustrado. Francisco Lemus, La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), 419 p. (Ref. 52678) Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito0 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) Wirtz, P.0 ‘Neue’ Fische und Wirbellose an Dakars Küste. Aquar Terrar Z. 2010:40-42. (Ref. 107185) Wirtz, P.0 Seven new records of fish from NGor Island, Senegal. Arquipelago Life Mar Sci. 29:77-81. (Ref. 107187) Fricke, R. and P. Wirtz0 <i>Diplecogaster roseioculus</i>, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from São Tomé Island, eastern Atlantic Ocean. Taxa, 1:1-9. (Ref. 128876) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2016-04-05 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 This species has been collected and observed at 10-38 m depth, mainly on hard substrate. It acts as a facultative cleaner of larger fishes (e.g. Gymnothorax afer; in the Canary Islands, cleaning a muraenid and a serranid) (Ref. 106378). Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2016-04-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 9; A 8; pectoral-fin rays 24-25; principal caudal-fin rays 14-15; rakers on third gill arch 13-16; the pelvic disc is without lateral papillae in region A while disc region B has 2 rows of weak papillae; interorbital distance 4.1-4.6 in head length; distance between disc and anus 14-17% of SL; 10-13 narrow vertical brownish bars on head and body; cheek with a white ocellus surrounded by black and a small black spot in the middle (Ref. 106378). Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) FB-Morphology-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2016-04-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analsoft rays: 24 - 25 Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) FB-Distribution-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Senegal and the Canary Is.; probably more widespread. Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) FB-Size-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2016-04-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 2.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106378)) Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67913 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-04-05 00:00:00 2016-04-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67913 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 10 - 38 m (Ref. 106378) Fricke, R., P. Wirtz and A. Brito 2016 <i>Diplecogaster tonstricula</i>, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) rom the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the <i>Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta</i> species-group. J. Nat. Hist. 50(11-12) (Ref. 106378)