Clinoporus biporosus

Clinoporus biporosus
Clinoporus biporosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Clinoporus
Species: C. biporosus
Binomial name
Clinoporus biporosus
Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
Synonyms
  • Clinus biporosus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)[1]

Clinoporus biporosus, known commonly as the Ladder klipfish in South Africa and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of clinid, and the only species in the genus Clinoporus.[3] It is found around South Africa, in the southeast Atlantic ocean.[4] It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908,[5] and can reach a maximum length of 13 centimetres.[4]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms for Clinus biporosus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Clinoporus biporosus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ List of species under Clinoporus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ a b Clinoporus biporosus at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ^ Gilchrist, J.D.F., and W.W. Thompson, 1908 (31 Dec.) [ref. 5840] The Blenniidae of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum v. 6 (pt 2, no. 2): 97-143.


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