Apletodon Explained

Apletodon is a genus of marine fish in the family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes). The genus was first named by John Carmon Briggs in 1955.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Apletodon bacescui (Murgoci, 1940)
• Apletodon barbatus R. Fricke, Wirtz & Brito, 2010 (Barbel clingfish)
• Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887) (Small-headed clingfish)
• Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter (de) & Patzner, 1997
• Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925) (Chubby clingfish)
• Apletodon wirtzi R. Fricke, 2007 (São Tomé clingfish)