The orange clingfish (''Diplocrepis puniceus'') is a
clingfish
Clingfishes are ray-finned fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Blenniiformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coa ...
, the only species in the genus ''Diplocrepis''. It is found all around
New Zealand
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from low water to about , on rocky coastlines. This species grows to a length of
SL.
[ It is the only member of its genus, and the only species in the subfamily Diplocrepinae.]
References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
Gobiesocidae
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish described in 1846
Taxa named by John Richardson (naturalist)
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