Lepadogaster candolii
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| Connemarra clingfish (Lepadogaster candolii) | |
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L. candolii
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| Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810
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Lepadogaster olivaceus Risso, 1810 |
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Lepadogaster candolii, common name Connemarra clingfish, is a species of fish in the Lepadogaster genus. It occurs in the Eastern Atlantic from the British Isles (off the coast of Western Scotland and South-West England and Ireland[1]) south to Madeira and the Canary Islands and into the western Mediterranean and the Black Sea.[2][3] The specific name candolii has various spellings: candolii, candolei, candollei, and decandollii, but only the first one is correct.[2][3]
L. candolii is considered a euryecious species, meaning that it has a broad variety of living conditions and habitats that it prefers. L. candolii most often inhabit small cavities in the underwater rock face, boulder fields, and seagrass meadows.[4] L. candolii can reach up to 7.5 cm in length[2] and shares many similarities with L. lepadogaster. Like the Lepadogaster other species, L. candolii has a flattened body and bilateral symmetry. Unlike L. lepadogaster that has a triangular shaped head, L. candolii has a more rounded head and rounded fins.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Lepadogaster candolii" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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