Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)
(Shore Clingfish)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish)
GenusLepadogaster (a genus of bony fishes)
SubfamilyGOBIESOCINAE (a subfamily of bony fishes)
FamilyGOBIESOCIDAE (cling fish)
OrderGOBIESOCIFORMES (clingfishes)
SuperorderPARACANTHOPTERYGII (advanced marine teleost fishes)
InfraclassTeleostei (teleost fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish) :
1: Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish)
30 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in rock pool
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 5: Dorsal view - close-up (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 7: Lateral view - close-up - in aquariumImage 8: Lateral view - close-up - in aquarium (2)Image 9: Sucker - close-upImage 10: Ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 11: Ventral view - close-up - white background (2)
2: Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish)
2 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
small fish under small boulder in rock pool
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Dorsal view - white background (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - white background (3)Image 5: Ventral view - on handImage 6: Ventral view - on hand (2)
3: Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish)
2 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under small boulder in rock pool
Image 1: Dorsal view - in rock poolImage 2: Dorsal view - in rock pool (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - in rock pool (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - in rock pool (4)Image 5: Dorsal view - in rock pool (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - in rock pool (6)Image 7: Dorsal view - in rock pool (7)Image 8: Dorsal view - in rock pool (8)Image 9: Dorsal view - in rock pool (9)Image 10: Dorsal view - in rock pool (10)Image 11: Dorsal view - in rock pool (11)Image 12: Dorsal view - in rock pool (12)Image 13: Dorsal view - in rock pool (13)Image 14: Dorsal view - in rock pool (14)Image 15: Dorsal view - in rock pool (15)Image 16: Dorsal view - in rock pool (16)Image 17: Foreparts - dorsal view - close-upImage 18: Foreparts - ventral view - in handImage 19: Foreparts - ventral view - in hand (2)Image 20: Ventral view - in hand

Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Shore Clingfish) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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