APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

Scroll down and rollover titles to change screen image or click on title to view image.

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- under rock 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- under rock 2

Specimen above was found under a rock on the lowershore at Watermouth Cove, near Ilfracombe, Devon, 13.06.18.

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 4

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 5

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 6

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- in rockpool 7

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- fish / out of water 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- fish / out of water 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- fish / out of water 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 4

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 5

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 6

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- head 7

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- top view 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- top view 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- top view 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- side view 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- side view 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- side view 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- underside 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- underside 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- underside 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- eggs 1

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- eggs 2

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- eggs 3

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- eggs 4

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- eggs 5

Shore clingfish Cornish sucker
Lepadogaster purpurea
- sterile eggs 1

Species known as the Shore clingfish or the Cornish sucker.

Images of species taken at various locations across the south coast of both Devon and Cornwall. Locations include Wembury, Penzance and Newlyn.

Scientific and European Names:
Lepadogaster purpurea, Shore clingfish, Cornish sucker.

The species here has previously been reported here as Lepadogaster. lepadogaster. However due to recent research, ref: A revision of the status of Lepadogaster lepadogaster
(Teleostei: Gobiesocidae): sympatric subspecies or a long
misunderstood blend of species?
MIGUEL HENRIQUES, RITA LOURENÇO2, FREDERICO ALMADA, GONÇALO
CALADO, DAVID GONÇALVES, THOMAS GUILLEMAUD, M. LEONOR CANCELA
and VÍTOR C. ALMADA; the name of the species has changed to L. purpurea, the name L. lepadogaster being given to another similar species.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.

E-mail for Advice or Feedback