Diplecogaster tonstricula Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish

Diplecogaster tonstricula is commonly referred to as Eastern Atlantic cleaner clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4668 

AphiaID:

889886 

Scientific:

Diplecogaster tonstricula 

German:

Schildfisch 

English:

Eastern Atlantic Cleaner Clingfish 

Category:

Clingfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Diplecogaster (Genus) > tonstricula (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2015 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, the Canary Islands, West Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 38 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.67" (1.7 cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 71.6 °F (18°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Bosmiden, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Invertebrates, Oyster eggs, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Diplecogaster bimaculata
  Schildbauch, Zwei-Fleck-Ansauger
• Diplecogaster ctenocrypta
• Diplecogaster euxinica
• Diplecogaster megalops
• Diplecogaster pectoralis
• 
  Diplecogaster tonstricula
  Schildfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-23 11:19:56 

Last edit:

2020-06-14 11:05:14 

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