Lepadogaster candolii Connemarra clingfish

Lepadogaster candoliiis commonly referred to as Connemarra clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4596 

AphiaID:

272526 

Scientific:

Lepadogaster candolii 

German:

Connemara-Schildbauch, Rotflecken-Ansauger 

English:

Connemarra Clingfish 

Category:

Clingfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Lepadogaster (Genus) > candolii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Risso, 1810 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibralta, the Black Sea, European Coasts, Madeira, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Size:

up to 2.95" (7.5 cm) 

Temperature:

~ 78.8 °F (26°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Tank:

52.79 gal (~ 240L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lepadogaster candolii
  Connemara-Schildbauch, Rotflecken-Ansauger
• 
  Lepadogaster lepadogaster
  Blaufleckiger Ansauger, Napfschneckenbauch
• Lepadogaster purpurea

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-02 15:06:07 

Last edit:

2012-09-02 15:06:07 

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