Lepadogaster purpurea

Lepadogaster Purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiesociformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Lepadogaster; Gouan, 1770
Species:	Purpurea

Lepadogaster purpurea is the third species of Lepadogaster. L. purpurea was once synonymous with Lepadogaster. zebrina, but has since been classified as its own species as L. zebrina has been discovered to be more synonymous with L. lepadogaster. ^[1] This species of lepadogaster is found normally off the western coast of Portugal.

References

^ Henriques, M., Lourenço, R., Almada, F., Calado, G., Gonçlaves, D., Guiillemaud, T., Cancela, M.L. and Almada, V. C. (2002), A revision of the status of Lepadogaster lepadogaster(Teleostei: Gobiesocidae): sympatric subspecies or a long misunderstood blend of species?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 327–338. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00067.x

[1] Henriques, M., Lourenço, R., Almada, F., Calado, G., Gonçlaves, D., Guiillemaud, T., Cancela, M.L. and Almada, V. C. (2002), A revision of the status of Lepadogaster lepadogaster(Teleostei: Gobiesocidae): sympatric subspecies or a long misunderstood blend of species?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 327–338. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00067.x

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