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Diplecogaster roseioculus Fricke & Wirtz, 2023

Pink-eye 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);  roseioculus: Name from Latin 'roseus' meaning rose and 'oculus for eye; referring to the pink eyes of the new species; an adjective..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 40 m (Ref. 128876). Tropical

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Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe, São Tomé Island.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128876)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 7, A 7, pectoral-fin rays 29, caudal-fin rays 17; gill rakers on 3rd arch 12; head width 4.9 in SL; orbit diameter 3.0 in HL; snout is short and bluntly rounded; disc length 5.2 in SL; disc with 2 rows of papillae in region A, 5 rows in region B, and 1 row in region C; no lateral papillae in disc region A; anus is closer to anal fin than disc; sides of body with 6 vertical bars (Ref. 128876).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Fricke, R. and P. Wirtz, 2023. Diplecogaster roseioculus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from São Tomé Island, eastern Atlantic Ocean. Taxa, 1:1-9. (Ref. 128876)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00202 - 0.01305), b=3.11 (2.89 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).