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Lepadogaster candolii
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<p><i>Lepadogaster candolii</i>, common name Connemarra clingfish, is a <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of fish in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Lepadogaster/GrnuEUWF">Lepadogaster</a></i>. It occurs in the Eastern Atlantic from the British Isles (off the coast of Western Scotland and South-West England and Ireland) south to Madeira and the Canary Islands and into the western Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific name</a> <i>candolii</i> honours the <a href="/facts/Swiss_people/3ecWX2K6">Swiss</a> <a href="/facts/Botanist/PaIRoxnb">botanist</a> <a href="/facts/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle/IlF5waCe">Augustin Pyramus de Candolle</a> (1778–1841) and has various spellings: <i>candolii</i>, <i>candolei</i>, <i>candollei</i>, and <i>decandollii</i>, but only the first one is correct. Some workers have found that <i>L. candolii</i> is not closely related to the other two species in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Lepadogaster/GrnuEUWF">Lepadogaster</a></i> and have proposed the placing of this species in the revived <a href="/facts/Monotypic/QvoM9aGP">monotypic</a> genus <i>Mirbelia</i> Canestrini, 1864, at least until more definitive taxonomic studies can be undertaken. </p><p><i>L. candolii</i> is considered a euryecious species, meaning that it has a broad variety of living conditions and habitats that it prefers. <i>L. candolii</i> most often inhabit small cavities in the underwater rock face, boulder fields, and <a href="/facts/Seagrass_meadow/vlS3Xwon">seagrass meadows</a>. <i>L. candolii</i> can reach up to 7.5 cm in length and shares many similarities with <i><a href="/facts/Shore_clingfish/VAqdI89Q">L. lepadogaster</a></i>. Like the <i>Lepadogaster</i> other species, <i>L. candolii</i> has a flattened body and bilateral symmetry. Unlike <i>L. lepadogaster</i> that has a triangular shaped head, <i>L. candolii</i> has a more rounded head and rounded fins. <i>L. candolii</i> has been photographed <a href="/facts/Cleaner_fish/kpFsGDtW">cleaning</a> dusky grouper (<i><a href="/facts/Epinephelus_marginatus/vWq50ufy">Epinephelus marginatus</a></i>), even entering the grouper's mouth. </p>