Lepadogaster lepadogaster, Shore clingfish : aquarium

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Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Shore clingfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Lepadogastrinae
Etymology: Lepadogaster: Greek, lepas, -ados = limpet + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bonnaterre.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Subtropical; 46°N - 30°N, 7°E -

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Eastern Atlantic: known as far north as the extreme north-west of Galiza, south to north-west Africa, the Canary islands and Madeira islands and also the Mediterranean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4765)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Intertidal species (Ref. 27000).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Henriques, M., R. Lourenco, F. Almada, G. Calado, D. Gonçalves, T. Guillemaud, M.L. Cancela and V.C. Almada, 2002. A revision of the status of Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae): sympatric subspecies or a long misunderstood blend of species? Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 76:327-338. (Ref. 106293)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 November 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.1 - 21.2, mean 19 °C (based on 536 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00314 - 0.01456), b=3.15 (2.95 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 150 [30, 514] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.31 [0.47, 4.61] mg/100g ; Protein = 2.84 [0.00, 6.61] % ; Omega3 = 0.321 [0.135, 0.775] g/100g ; Selenium = 10.9 [2.3, 36.5] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 47.4 [12.5, 170.8] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.38 [0.69, 2.84] mg/100g (wet weight);