Apletodon

Apletodon 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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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderGobiesociformes
FamilyGobiesocidae

Habitatmarine

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1
Family: Gobiesocidae
Collections: NHMUK
Recorded in: France

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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)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apletodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.