Apletodon
Sign in to saveApletodon is a genus of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes). The genus was first named by John Carmon Briggs in 1955.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGobiesociformes
- FamilyGobiesocidae
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Apletodon is a genus of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes). The genus was first named by John Carmon Briggs in 1955.
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Apletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940) Apletodon barbatus R. Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2010 (Barbel clingfish) Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887) (Small-headed clingfish) Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter (de) & Patzner, 1997 Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925) (Chubby clingfish) Apletodon wirtzi R. Fricke, 2007 (São Tomé clingfish)
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