Clinus acuminatus

Clinus acuminatus
Clinus acuminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Clinus
Species: C. acuminatus
Binomial name
Clinus acuminatus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms
  • Blennius acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)[1]
  • Ophthalmolophus acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)[1]

Clinus acuminatus, known commonly as the Sad klipfish in South Africa and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Clinus.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found from Namibia to the west of Algoa Bay in South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was named by M.E. Bloch and J.G. Schneider in 1801,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 13 centimetres.[3] Female blennies in this species give birth to live young.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Clinus acuminatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Clinus acuminatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Clinus acuminatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Bloch, M.E., and J.G. Schneider, 1801 [ref. 471] M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
  5. ^ Reproduction of Clinus acuminatus at www.fishbase.org.


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