Fucomimus mus

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

Fucomimus mus, known commonly as the Mousey klipfish in South Africa and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of clinid, and the only species in the genus Fucomimus.[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 10 centimetres.[4] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of amphipods, isopods, mollusks, and benthic copepods.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Fucomimus mus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Fucomimus mus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ List of species under Fucomimus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ a b Fucomimus mus 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.
  6. ^ Food items for Fucomimus mus at www.fishbase.org.


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