Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre and was designated as the type species of the genus Diplecogaster by Alec Fraser-Brunner in 1938. The specific name bimaculata refers to the two dark spots on either side of the adhesive sucker while the generic name is a compound of di meaning "two", pleco meaning "fold" and gaster meaning belly, a reference to the double-type sucker of this genus. See also List of fish of Ireland List of fish in Sweden List of British Isles rockpool life List of fish in Ukraine List of fish of the Black Sea List of fish of the Mediterranean Sea References bimaculata Marine fish of Europe Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Fish described in 1788 Taxa named by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre