São Tomé clingfish

São Tomé clingfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Apletodon
Species:
A. wirtzi
Binomial name
Apletodon wirtzi
Fricke, 2007

The São Tomé clingfish (Apletodon wirtzi) is a species of marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae (clingfish).[2] It grows to 1.4 cm maximal length. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, around the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe between 0 and 3 metres depth.[3] The species was first described in 2007 by Ronald Fricke,[4] its specific name honouring the collector of the type, marine biologist Peter Wirtz of Madeira.[5]

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Apletodon wirtzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60469224A60788359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469224A60788359.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Apletodon wirtzi Fricke, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apletodon wirtzi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Apletodon wirtzi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2019). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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