Diplecogaster bimaculata bimaculata Bonnaterre, 1788
Synonyms:
Cyclopterus bimaculatus Bonnaterre, 1788, Tabl. encyclop. méthod. Ichth.: 29, pl. 86 (fig. 355) (seas of England).
Cyclopterus bimaculatus: Walbaum, 1792: 490 | Bloch and Schneider, 1801: 199 (British seas) | Shaw, 1804: 398 (European seas) | Donovan, 1806: pl. 78.
Lepadogaster ocellatus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 74 (Villefranche).
Lepadogaster reticulatus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 77 (Nice).
Lepadogaster mirbeli Risso, 1820, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. nat., 91: 249.
Lepadogaster mirbeli: Risso, 1826: 277 (Nice) | Bonaparte, 1846: 65.
Lepadogaster desfontanii Risso, 1826: 275 (Nice) | Bonaparte, 1846: 65.
Lepadogaster reticulatus: Risso, 1826: 277 | Bonaparte, 1846: 65.
Lepadogaster bimaculatus: Fleming, 1828: 190 (English coast) | Bonaparte, 1846: 65 | Nilsson, 1855: 241 (England and Ireland to western Norway) | Günther, 1861b: 154 (Mediterranean to British coasts and Scandinavia) | Day, 1880: 192 (Scandinavia, British coast, France to Algeria and Italy in the Mediterranean) | Moreau, 1881: 361 (Nice, Marseille, Golfe de Gascogne, Arcachon, Manche, Cherbourg?) | Carus, 1893: 690 (Alger, Marseille, Nizza, Genova, Napoli, Riggio, Calabr., Sicilia, Messina, Venezia, Trieste, Zaole, Spalato, Cyclades) | Hoek, 1914: 34 (Trondh- jemsfjord, Manche, coast of Ireland) | Ninni, 1933: 30, pl. 7 | Jenkins, 1936: 107 (Mediterranean to British Isles) | Soljan, 1938: 111, fig. 233 (Adriatic) | Lozano Rey, 1960: 301-303, fig. 114 (errore: L. bimaculatas) | Soljan, 1963: 111.
Lepadogaster norvegicus Düben, 1844, Oefvers. K Vet. Akad. Fohr. Stockholm, 5: 512.
Lepadogaster maculatus Guichenot, 1850: 109, pl. 6 (fig. 4) (Algeria).
Lepadogaster punctatus Guichenot, 1850: 110, pl. 6 (fig. 5) (Algeria).
Lepadogaster lineatus Guichenot, 1850: 110, pl. 6 (fig. 3) (Algeria).
Lepadogaster urifasciatus Costa, 1850: 9 (Napoli).
Lepadogaster latirostris Costa, 1850: 4 (Napoli).
Lepadogaster raninus Nardo, 1860: 79.
Lepadogaster listellus Nardo, 1860: 79.
Lepadogaster elegans Nardo, 1860: 79.
Mirbelia desfontainii: Canestrini, 1864b: 192, pl. 3 (fig. 5-6) (Nizza) | Ninni, 1912: 38 (Adriatic).
Lepadogaster couchii Kent, 1883, The Fisheries Exhibition Literature, I Handbooks, pt. 1: 54.
Mirbelia maculata: de Buen, 1926: 85 (Spanish Mediterranean).
Mirbelia bimaculata: de Buen, 1935: 146 (Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia).
Diplecogaster bimaculatus: Fraser-Brunner, 1938, (11) 2: 410 (British Isles) | Bini, 1968, 8: 133-134, col. fig.
Diplecogaster bimaculata bimaculata: Briggs, 1955: 29, fig. 74.
Diplecogaster bimaculata: Wheeler, 1969: 576, fig.
Common names:
chafarrocas [Spain]
lépadogastère à deux taches [France and Belgium]
priljepnjak grboglavic [former Yugoslavia]
tacca scheuggio [Italy]
two-spotted clingfish [UK and USA]