- Shore clingfish
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Shore clingfish Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gobiesociformes Family: Gobiesocidae Genus: Lepadogaster Species: L. lepadogaster Binomial name Lepadogaster lepadogaster
(Bonnaterre, 1788)The shore clingfish, Lepadogaster lepadogaster, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Ireland and western Britain, where it is more commonly known as the Cornish lumpsucker, and the Mediterranean, between latitudes 46° N and 30° N. Its length is up to 65 mm.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Lepadogaster lepadogaster" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
- Marlin site
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