Diplecogaster bimaculata, Two-spotted clingfish

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Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Two-spotted clingfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Lepadogastrinae
Etymology: Diplecogaster: Greek, di = two + Greek, pleko = plait, pigtail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bonnaterre.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 128876). Temperate; 64°N - 35°N, 11°W - 31°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean Sea and north-eastern Atlantic (Norway and Faroes south to Gibraltar).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-7; Anal soft rays: 4 - 7. Body elongated and flattened with red spot on each side, near the tip of dorsal fins. Minute gill openings (Ref. 35388).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Trawled over soft mud bottom. Feeds mainly on benthic organisms (Ref. 12577). Inhabits shallow water on rocky bottoms and bivalve banks. Spawns in June - July, egg measures 1.5 mm. Larvae are pelagic (Ref. 35388).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Fricke, R., M. Bilecenoglu and H.M. Sari, 2007. Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species (Gnathostoma and Petromyzontomorphi) of Turkey, including a Red List of threatened and declining species. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Sea A (706):1-172. (Ref. 58342)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.9 - 13, mean 10.6 °C (based on 260 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00242 - 0.01194), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 51.7 [11.2, 184.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.36 [0.13, 1.29] mg/100g; Protein = 1.8 [0.0, 5.6] %; Omega3 = 0.552 [0.210, 1.483] g/100g; Selenium = 5.61 [1.19, 20.71] μg/100g; VitaminA = 83.3 [17.7, 364.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.09 [0.53, 2.26] mg/100g (wet weight);