Apletodon dentatus Small-headed clingfish

Apletodon dentatus is commonly referred to as Small-headed clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5884 

AphiaID:

126510 

Scientific:

Apletodon dentatus 

German:

Zahn-Schildfisch 

English:

Small-headed Clingfish 

Category:

Dobbeltsugerfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Apletodon (Genus) > dentatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Facciolà, ), 1887 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, the Black Sea, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Bosmiden, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Copepods, Cyclops, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Apletodon bacescui
• 
  Apletodon barbatus
  Bartel-Schildbauch
• 
  Apletodon dentatus
  Zahn-Schildfisch
• 
  Apletodon incognitus
  Brauner Schildbauch, Seeigel-Schildfisch
• 
  Apletodon pellegrini
  Pummeliger Schildbauch
• 
  Apletodon wirtzi
  Sao Tomé Schildbauch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-15 18:41:15 

Last edit:

2013-08-15 18:41:15 

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