Apletodon
| Apletodon | |
|---|---|
| |
| A. incognitus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Apletodon Briggs, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Lepadogaster microcephalus | |
Apletodon is a genus of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes).[2] The genus was first named by John Carmon Briggs in 1955.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Apletodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b Apletodon Briggs, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apletodon". FishBase. October 2012 version.
External links
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Data related to Apletodon at Wikispecies
