| Orange clingfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Suborder: | Gobiesocoidei |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Diplocrepinae |
| 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, 18462 | |
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 (20 ft), on rocky coastlines. This species grows to a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.2 It is the only member of its genus, and the only species in the subfamily Diplocrepinae.3
References
References
- Conway, K.W.; Fujiwara, K. (2025). "Diplocrepis puniceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T241149436A241149439. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplocrepis puniceus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Diplocrepis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- "Diplocrepis puniceus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8