Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 5.

Common Names

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Pokkel-suiervis , Afrikaans , South Africa

Buttet dobbeltsuger , Danish , Denmark

Chubby clingfish , English , South Africa

Chubby clingfish , English , Global

Clingfish , English , Azores Is.

佩氏圆喉盘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

佩氏圓喉盤魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Chupa-sangue , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Peixe ventosa , Portuguese , Azores Is.

Sugador , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Apletodon

Species: Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Annobon Islands, mainland shore from Cape Blanco (Ref. 10954) south to Port Alfred, South Africa (Ref. 6614).

Biology

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Inhabits intertidal waters (Ref. 4489).

Habitat

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demersal