Straddle mount connector and pluggable transceiver module having the same

A straddle mount connector comprising:

• first and second plug members each having a member housing and electrical contacts held by the member housing, each of the member housings having a base portion and a mating segment that projects away from the base portion to a distal edge, each of the mating segments having an inner plug side and an outer plug side that face in respective opposite directions;
• wherein the mating segments of the first and second plug members are coupled to each other along the inner plug sides and form a common straddle plug that is configured to be inserted in a mating direction into an edge connector, the base portions configured to be coupled to opposite sides of a circuit board such that the circuit board is held between the base portions and the common straddle plug projects away from a board edge of the circuit board in the mating direction, the electrical contacts of the first and second plug members extending along the outer plug sides of the corresponding mating segments for communicatively engaging the edge connector.