Clinus superciliosus

Clinus superciliosus
Clinus superciliosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Clinus
Species: C. superciliosus
Binomial name
Clinus superciliosus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Blennius superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
  • Caboclinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
  • Blennius spadiceus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)[1]
  • Clinus ornatus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)[1]

Clinus superciliosus, known commonly as the Super klipfish in South Africa,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Clinus.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found from northern Namibia to the Kei River in South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was named by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 30 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species have a varied diet, and feed off of amphipods, isopods, crabs, sea urchins, mollusks, worms, and finfish.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Synonyms for Clinus superciliosus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Clinus superciliosus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Clinus superciliosus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, C., 1758 (1 Jan.) [ref. 2787] Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
  5. ^ Food items for Clinus superciliosus at www.fishbase.org.


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