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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae Clingfishes and singleslits
Subfamily: Lepadogastrinae
Genus: Apletodon

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Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Apletodon bacescui
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.4 cm SL
Apletodon barbatus Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2010

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Apletodon barbatus
[Barbel clingfish]

Photo by Horton, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 4 cm SL
Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)

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Apletodon dentatus
[Small-headed clingfish]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 2.0 cm SL
Apletodon gabonensis Fricke & Wirtz, 2018

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Apletodon gabonensis
[Gabon clingfish]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Mediterranean Sea
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997

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Apletodon incognitus
[]

Photo by Zsilavecz, G.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925)

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Apletodon pellegrini
[Chubby clingfish]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.4 cm SL
Apletodon wirtzi Fricke, 2007

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Apletodon wirtzi
[Sao Tomé clingfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Apletodon bacescui Europe 3.6 SL 1940
Apletodon barbatus Barbel clingfish Eastern Central Atlantic 1.4 SL 2010
Apletodon dentatus Small-headed clingfish Eastern Atlantic 4 SL 1887
Apletodon gabonensis Gabon clingfish Eastern Atlantic 2.0 SL 2018
Apletodon incognitus Mediterranean Sea 2.7 SL 1997
Apletodon pellegrini Chubby clingfish Eastern Atlantic 5 TL 1925
Apletodon wirtzi Sao Tomé clingfish Eastern Central Atlantic 1.4 SL 2007



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