Clingfish

Small marine fish found worldwide in rocky inshore habitats of tropical to temperate seas; head triangular; body smooth, flattened on underside with large sucking disc formed from pelvic fins and used for clinging to rocks; includes Lepadogaster lepadogaster, the Cornish sucker. (Family: Gobiesocidae; 9 genera.)

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