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| Xenopoclinus kochi | |
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Conservation status
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![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Xenopoclinus |
| Species: | X. kochi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenopoclinus kochi J. L. B. Smith, 1948
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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]
Wikidata ☰ Q2322703 entry
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Categories: [Xenopoclinus]