Fish of the Diplecogaster genus of the Gobiesocinae subfamily of the Gobiesocidae (clingfishes) family of the Gobiesociformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Two-spotted clingfish. Photo by © Miguel Angel Rodriguez. flickr.com/photos/elmarblog)
Two–spotted clingfish (Diplecogaster bimaculata) was first described in 1788 by the French naturalist Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752-1804).
It inhabits the depths down to 60 meters. It prefers to swim deep close to the muddy bottom, and near the rocky bottom and the shell rock in the shallows. It feeds on benthic organisms.
(Two-spotted clingfish. Photo by © Hayden Close. flickr.com/photos/haydenclose)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of two-spotted clingfish (Diplecogaster bimaculata) in other languages are as follows:
Ngjitesi dynjollesh (Albanian), Κολλητσίδα (Kollitsίda) (Greek), Chafarrocas (Spanish), Succiascoglio maculato (Italian), Zweifleck-Schildfisch (German), Двухпятнистая короткопёрая уточка (Dvuhpjatnistaja korotkopjoraja utochka) (Russian), Priljepnjak grboglavac, Priljepnjak grboglavić (Serbian, Croatian), Lépadogastère à deux taches (French).