WoRMS taxon details
Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925)
126512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126512)
accepted
Species
Apletodon knysnaensis Smith, 1964 · unaccepted
Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925) Chabanaud, P. (1925). Lepadogaster (Mirbelia) bimaculatus Penn., microcephalus Brook, et Pellegrini, nov. sp. [Pisces Gobiesocidae]. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1.</em> v. 31 (no. 4): 283-287. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126512 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apletodon knysnaensis Smith, 1964) Smith, J.L.B. (1964). The clingfishes of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 30: 581–596, Pls. 92–97. [details]
original description (of Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925) Chabanaud, P. (1925). Lepadogaster (Mirbelia) bimaculatus Penn., microcephalus Brook, et Pellegrini, nov. sp. [Pisces Gobiesocidae]. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1.</em> v. 31 (no. 4): 283-287. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925) Chabanaud, P. (1925). Lepadogaster (Mirbelia) bimaculatus Penn., microcephalus Brook, et Pellegrini, nov. sp. [Pisces Gobiesocidae]. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1.</em> v. 31 (no. 4): 283-287. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apletodon knysnaensis Smith, 1964)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Apletodon knysnaensis Smith, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lepadogaster pellegrini Chabanaud, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Apletodon knysnaensis Smith, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
