TABLE 1 in Checklist and identification key for clingfishes (Actinopterygii: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

TABLE 1. Checklist of clingfish species (family Gobiesocidae) confirmed in the Mediterranean Sea. The criterion for inclusion is described in the Materials and Methods section, and all species on the list have been verified according to criterion 1 of Kovačić et al. (2020), as explained in the Results section. Information on the presence and storage of type material is based on Fricke et al. (2025b). * Endemic Mediterranean species. SpeciesExample of public collection hosting the Mediterranean specimen(s)Reference providing published evidence of the species’ presence, with the example of public collection hosting the Mediterranean specimen(s).Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)Described in the Mediterranean, no type material known. Example of Mediterranean specimen(s) stored: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Fricke (2007)Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997Mediterranean type material in Natural History Museum Wien, Wien, Austria.Hofrichter & Patzner (1997)Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre, 1788)Example of Mediterranean specimen(s) stored: Københavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Vertebrater, Fiskesamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Briggs (1955)Diplecogaster umutturali Bilecenoğlu, YokeŞ & Kovačić, 2017 *Mediterranean type material in Natural History Museum of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.Bilecenoğlu et al. 2017Gouania adriatica Wagner, Kovačić & Koblmüller, 2020 *Mediterranean type material in Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2021)Gouania hofrichteri Wagner, Kovačić & Koblmüller, 2020 *Mediterranean type material in Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2021)Gouania orientalis Wagner, Kovačić & Koblmüller, 2020 *Mediterranean type material in Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2021)Gouania pigra (Nardo, 1827) *Described in the Mediterranean, Mediterranean neotype, designated by Wagner et al. (2021), in Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2021)Gouania willdenowi (Risso, 1810) *Described in the Mediterranean, Mediterranean neotype, designated by Wagner et al. (2021), in Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2021)Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810Mediterranean type material in Università di Firenze, Museo Zoologico e Historia Naturale di la Specola, Firenze, Italy.Risso (1810)Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)Described in the Mediterranean, no type material known. Example of Mediterranean specimen(s) stored: Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.Briggs (1955)Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)Example of Mediterranean specimen(s) stored: Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Wagner et al. (2017)Opeatogenys gracilis (Canestrini, 1864)Described in Mediterranean, no type material known. Example of Mediterranean specimen(s) stored: Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.Kovačić & Schembri (2019)