Apletodon wirtzi — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Gobiesociformes/Gobiesocidae/Apletodon

At a glance

Occurrence records17

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Apletodon wirtzi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System7 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS17 records

01Narrative

The São Tomé clingfish (Apletodon wirtzi) is a species of marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae (clingfish). It grows to 1.4 cm maximal length. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, around the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe between 0 and 3 metres depth. The species was first described in 2007 by Ronald Fricke, its specific name honouring the collector of the type, marine biologist Peter Wirtz of Madeira.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length1.42 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic-neritic

Other traits3

Depth max3 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type17 records

Wild obs. + sensor6

Museum / vouchered11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit2

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1 m · max 1 m · 2 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 3

6 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor6

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
UFESlocation not on record	3
Paris, FR	1

2 institutions · 4 of 11 vouchered records shown