Orange clingfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Diplocrepis Günther, 1861 |
Species: | D. puniceus |
Binomial name | |
Diplocrepis puniceus (Richardson, 1846) |
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. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.