pellegrini, Lepadogaster (Mirbelia) Chabanaud [P.] 1925:283 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 31 (no. 4); ref. 15533] Northwestern Africa, eastern Atlantic. Syntypes: MNHN 1907-0257 (1) Senegal, 1925-0239 and 0240 (2), 1925-0241 (2) Cape Blanc. •Valid as Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud 1925) -- (Briggs 1955:27 [ref. 637], Briggs 1973:651 [ref. 7222], Briggs in Whitehead et al. 1986:1353 [ref. 13677], Briggs 1986:379 [ref. 5643], Briggs 1990:474 [ref. 15498], Hofrichter 1995:170 [ref. 30502], Santos et al. 1997:102 [ref. 23531], Hofrichter & Patzner 1997:20 [ref. 23741], Arruda 1997:124 [ref. 24952], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:124 [ref. 28072], Fricke 2007:69 [ref. 29022], Fricke et al. 2010:96 [ref. 30711], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972] but see barbatus Fricke et al. 2012, Fricke et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2809 [ref. 34618], Fricke & Wirtz 2018:6 [ref. 36380], Carneiro et al. 2019:205 [ref. 37250], Carballo et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39250], Briggs 2022:437 [ref. 39965], Fermon et al. 2022:273 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud 1925). Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain); southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape and eastern Cape (South Africa). Habitat: marine.