Note:

La pinna ventrale è trasformata in una ventosa con la quale aderisce alle rocce.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Osteichthyes - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Clupeocephala
Superorder: Paracanthopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Family: Gobiesocidae - Clingfishes and Singleslits
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Lepadogaster
Specific name: candollei
Scientific name: - Lepadogaster candollei