Clinus cottoides

Clinus cottoides
Clinus cottoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Clinus
Species: C. cottoides
Binomial name
Clinus cottoides
Valenciennes, 1836
Synonyms
  • Blenniomimus cottoides (Valenciennes, 1836)[1]

Clinus cottoides, known commonly as the Bluntnose klipfish in South Africa,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Clinus.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 15 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species have a varied diet of benthic algae and weeds, isopods, amphipods, ostracods, copepods and other benthic crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and insects.[5]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Clinus cottoides at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Clinus cottoides at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Clinus cottoides at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes, 1836 (July) [ref. 1005] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343.
  5. ^ Food items for Clinus cottoides at www.fishbase.org.


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