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Lepadogaster
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadogaster_candolii/6wnvtmbv">Lepadogaster candolii</a></i> <a href="/facts/Antoine_Risso/oD8XfLUk">A. Risso</a>, 1810 (Connemara clingfish)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadogaster_lepadogaster/VAqdI89Q">Lepadogaster lepadogaster</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Pierre_Joseph_Bonnaterre/R5cLDDEc">Bonnaterre</a>, 1788) (Shore clingfish)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadogaster_purpurea/6JaTlUsp">Lepadogaster purpurea</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Pierre_Joseph_Bonnaterre/R5cLDDEc">Bonnaterre</a>, 1788) (Cornish sucker)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Konstantinidis, P. and Conway, K. W. (2010), The median-fin skeleton of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean clingfishes Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre) and Gouania wildenowi (Risso) (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae). J. Morphol., 271: 215–224. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10792 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Gonçalves, D. M., Gonçalves, E. J., Almada, V. C. and Almeida, S. P. (1998), Comparative behaviour of two species of Lepadogaster (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) living at different depths. Journal of Fish Biology, 53: 447–450. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1998.tb00992.x <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Faria, A. M., & Gonçalves, E. J. (2010). Ontogeny of swimming behaviour of two temperate clingfishes, Lepadogaster lepadogaster and L. purpurea (Gobiesocidae). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 414:237-248. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Beldade, R., Pedro, T. and Gonçalves, E. J. (2007), Pelagic larval duration of 10 temperate cryptobenthic fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 71: 376–382. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01491.x <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Tojeira, I., Faria, A. M., Henriques, S., Faria, C., & Gonçalves, E. J. (2012). Early development and larval behaviour of two clingfishes, Lepadogaster purpurea and Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Pisces: Gobiesocidae). Environmental biology of fishes, 93(4), 449-459. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Hernández, M. R., Sàbat, M., Muñoz, M., & Casadevall, M. (2005). Semicystic spermatogenesis and reproductive strategy in Ophidion barbatum (Pisces, Ophidiidae). Acta Zoologica, 86(4), 295-300 <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>F. Almada; M. Henriques; A. Levy; et al. (2008). "Reclassification of Lepadogaster candolii based om molecular and meristic evidence with a redefinition of the genus Lepadogaster" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46: 1151–1156. <a href="http://mare.ispa.pt/ficheiros/artigos/almada2008lepadogaster.pdf" target="_blank">http://mare.ispa.pt/ficheiros/artigos/almada2008lepadogaster.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepadogaster". FishBase. October 2012 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>