Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Gobiesociformes > Family Gobiesocidae > Subfamily Gobiesocinae > Genus Apletodon

Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Apletodon*	Briggs, 1955	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Apletodon dentatus dentatus*	(Facciolà, 1887)	synonym
*Apletodon microcephalus*	(Brook, 1890)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: small-headed clingfish sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Small-headed Clingfish sources: Charles Hussey

Russian: Присоска малоголовая sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Ukrainian: Причепа малоголова

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Facciolà, L. 1887. Intorno a due Lepadogastrini ed un nuovo Nettastoma del mare di Sicilia. Lettera al Ch. Dott. Cristoforo Bellotti. Nat. Sicil. v. 6: 163-167, Pl. 3. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-6.]

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126510