Shore clingfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Shore clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster Least concern

Where the shore clingfish lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 322 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bony fish on the world map

Scientific name	Lepadogaster lepadogaster
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Gobiesociformes
Family	Gobiesocidae

Where does the shore clingfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the shore clingfish in 6 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the shore clingfish endangered?

The shore clingfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the shore clingfish?

The shore clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) is a ray-finned fish in the order Gobiesociformes and the family Gobiesocidae, genus Lepadogaster. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the shore clingfish

The shore clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean north to Galicia, Spain.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Shore clingfish (revision 1355303402), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q882837 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).