small-headed clingfish
Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
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 dentatus, the small-headed clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is a benthic fish of shallow, rocky water on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia contributors, Apletodon dentatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:56:29.287407+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Facciolà, 1887)
- Common name
- small-headed clingfish
- 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 dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
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 bacescui (Murgoci, 1940) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apletodon gabonensis Fricke & Wirtz, 2018 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Lepadogaster dentatus Facciolà, 1887 Facciolà, 1887 | synonym |
| Lepadogaster microcephalus Brook, 1890 Brook, 1890 | synonym |
| Lepadogaster stictopteryx Holt & Byrne, 1899 Holt & Byrne, 1899 | synonym |
| Apletodon dentatus dentatus (Facciolà, 1887) (Facciolà, 1887) | synonym |
| Apletodon microcephalus microcephalus (Brook, 1890) (Brook, 1890) | synonym |
| Lepadogaster microcephalus microcephalus Brook, 1890 Brook, 1890 | synonym |
| Apletodon microcephala (Brook, 1890) (Brook, 1890) | synonym |
| Apletodon microcephalus (Brook, 1890) (Brook, 1890) | 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=126510 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:FNPW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.