Fish Identification: Find Species

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

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Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810

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Lepadogaster candolii
[Connemarra clingfish]

Photo by Pedro Coelho (MARE-ISPA)

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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Lepadogaster lepadogaster
[Shore clingfish]

Photo by Guerrieri, S.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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Lepadogaster purpurea
[Cornish sucker]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lepadogaster candolii Connemarra clingfish Eastern Atlantic 7.5 SL 1810
Lepadogaster lepadogaster Shore clingfish Eastern Atlantic 6.5 SL 1788
Lepadogaster purpurea Cornish sucker Eastern Atlantic 7.5 SL 1788



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