Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > 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
*Lepadogaster dentatus*	Facciolà, 1887	synonym
*Lepadogaster 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

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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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. 6: 163-167, Pl. 3.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126510