Apletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Apletodon bacescui is a species of clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. The species is endemic to the Black Sea, where it is found in the south western part of the sea off Romania and Bulgaria, along the northern coast of Anatolia to central Turkey. This species was described by Adriana Antoniu-Murgoci in 1940 from specimens collected by zoologist Mihai C. Bacescu (1908-1999) of the Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest while he was dredging in the Black Sea.
Wikipedia contributors, Apletodon bacescui; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:02:45.536485+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940)
- Name authority
- (Murgoci, 1940)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiesociformes
- Family
- Gobiesocidae
- Genus
- Apletodon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiesociformes
- familyGobiesocidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyGobiesocinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusApletodon Briggs, 1955
- speciesApletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apletodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Apletodon gabonensis Fricke & Wirtz, 2018 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| small-headed clingfishApletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Apletodon microcephalus bacescui (Murgoci, 1940) (Murgoci, 1940) | synonym |
| Lepadogaster microcephalus bacescui Murgoci, 1940 Murgoci, 1940 | synonym |
| Lepadogaster bacescui Murgoci, 1940 Murgoci, 1940 | synonym |
| Apletodon dentatus bacescui (Murgoci, 1940) (Murgoci, 1940) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126509 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5VNP3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.