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Orange clingfish
| Orange clingfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Diplocrepis |
| Species: | D. puniceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplocrepis puniceus (J. Richardson, 1846)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lepadogaster puniceus Richardson, 1846[1] | |
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The orange clingfish (Diplocrepis puniceus) is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis. It is found all around New Zealand from low water to about 5 m, on rocky coastlines. This species grows to a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.[1]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplocrepis puniceus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
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