Summary ²

The shore clingfish, Lepadogaster lepadogaster, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Republic of Ireland and Britain, where it is more commonly known as the Cornish lumpsucker, and in the Mediterranean, between latitudes 46° N and 30° N. L. lepadogaster often inhabits underwater boulder fields consisting of smooth rocks and large pebbles. Its length is up to 65 mm. L. lepadogaster is also classified as a cryptobenthic fis

My Observations ³

Found under large rocks.

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1. (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult
2. Adapted by bingusb from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepadogaster_lepadogaster
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