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Clingfish

Wembury Marine Centre

Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker

One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!

Enw gwyddonol

Lepadogaster purpurea

Pryd i'w gweld

April - October.

Species information

Categori

Ystadegau

Up to 7cm long.
Common.

Cynefinoedd

Ynghylch

This fascinating rockpool creature has a mouth more like a duck-billed platypus than a fish! Their pelvic fin is modified into a sucker, allowing it to stick upside down on the underside of rocks.

Sut i'w hadnabod

Small, distinctive reddish/brown fish, with a flattened head and duck-bill snout. Two turquoise eye spots on the top of the head, behind the eyes and large tentacles in front of each nostril.

Dosbarthiad

Mostly found in South West England, Wales, South West Scotland, and Ireland.

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

Male clingfish will guard their eggs by attaching themselves to the underside of rocks and sticking there, so it is especially important not to disturb them if you turn a rock over and find one!