Scientific Name	Aspasma minima   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Döderlein, 1887)	Depth	1 - 10M
Chinese	日本小姥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	喉盤魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F452　Gobiesocidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	日本小姥魚
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	跳海仔、姥姥魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sagami Bay, Japan, 100-150 fm.
Synonyms	Lepadogaster minimus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Dr. Franz Steindachner, etc. 1887 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NTUM01089. NTUM01090. NTUM01091. NTUM01092. NTUM04324.
Common Name	Clingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body anteriorly depressed, posteriorly subcylindrical to compressed. Eyes generally large, located dorsolaterally. Snout short. Mouth small, posterior end of upper jaw not reaching anterior margin of eye. A single short dorsal fin located posteriorly, usually positioned directly above anal fin, both fins consisting of 7 soft rays only; pectoral fins moderate sized, with rounded border, modified to support ventral sucking disc; pelvic fins modified to forma sucking disc on breast, sucking disc double type; caudal fin rounded. Skin scaleless, covered with a thick layer of mucous; lower jaw without mandibular canal pores, but with 3 pairs of preopercular canal pores. Colour yellow.
habitats	Found in rocky reefs of shallow waters, usually on brown algae.
Distribution	Distributed in the Northwest Pacific coast from southern Japan and northern Taiwan. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.