Clinus arborescens
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Clinus arborescens is a species of clinid
in the genus Clinus
. It is a temperate
blenny found around South Africa
, in the southwestern Indian Ocean
. It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908, originally as a subspecies of Clinus superciliosus
.
Clinid
Clinids are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere...
in the genus Clinus
Clinus
Clinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian ocean.-Species:* Sad klipfish, Clinus acuminatus * Agile klipfish, Clinus agilis...
. It is a temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
blenny found around South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, in the southwestern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908, originally as a subspecies of Clinus superciliosus
Clinus superciliosus
Clinus superciliosus, known commonly as the Super klipfish in South Africa, is a species of clinid in the genus Clinus. It is a subtropical blenny found from northern Namibia to the Kei River in South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It was named by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758, and can...
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