Xenopoclinus kochi

Xenopoclinus kochi, the Platanna klipfish, is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa, where it occurs on sandy substrates in the intertidal zone near to kelp beds at depths of from 0 to 20 m (0 to 66 ft). It can reach a maximum total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[2] The specific name honours the malacologist H. J. Koch, who collected the type while conducting conchological fieldwork,[3]

Xenopoclinus kochi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Xenopoclinus
Species:
X. kochi
Binomial name
Xenopoclinus kochi
J. L. B. Smith, 1948

References

  1. Williams, J.T.; Holleman, W. & Clements, K.D. (2014). "Xenopoclinus kochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179004A1558245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179004A1558245.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Xenopoclinus kochi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 April 2019.


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