Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810

Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 73, pp. 1-73 : 56

* Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810

– Connemarra clingfish; ①③

Almada et al. (2008) indicated the need to remove the species L. candollei from the genus Lepadogaster . Canestrini (1864) had previously suggested placing L. candollei in a different genus ( Mirbelia ), distinct from Lepadogaster . In turn Briggs (1955), in his detailed revision, although placing L. candollei in Lepadogaster noted that: ‘‘ L. candollei is well separated from the other three forms [of Lepadogaster ] which are very closely related to each other”.