Xenopoclinus kochi

Short description: Species of fish

Xenopoclinus kochi

Conservation status

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

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]

## 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179004/1558245. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Xenopoclinus kochi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
3. ↑ "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 10 November 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes3/.

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