Fish of the Apletodon genus of the Gobiesocinae subfamily of the Gobiesocidae (clingfishes) family of the Gobiesociformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Apletodon incognitus. Photo by © Stefano Guerrieri. colapisci.it)
Apletodon incognitus was first described in 1997 by the Austrian marine biologists Robert Hofrichter and Robert Patzner.
It inhabits the depths of 2-19 meters, often swims next to colonies of sea urchins and meadows of sea grass, including Posidonia and Cymodocia. It hides under the stones and in the empty mussel shells. The maximum recorded length is 2.7 cm. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates.
(Apletodon incognitus. Photo by © Stefano Guerrieri. fishbase.org)
Several specimens were found in the Adriatic Sea. It is a poorly studied species, which was discovered recently.
Names of Apletodon incognitus in other languages are as follows:
Succiascoglio delle praterie (Italian), Brauner Schildbauch (German), Priljepnjak skriveni (Serbian, Croatian), Porte-écuelle des oursins (French).