Blennioclinus brachycephalus, known commonly as the Lace Klipfish in South Africa

South Africa

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 and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, is a species of clinid

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 Blennioclinus

Blennioclinus

Blennioclinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.-Species:* Lace klipfish, Blennioclinus brachycephalus * Silverbubble klipfish, Blennioclinus stella...

. It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeast Atlantic ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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. It was named by Achille Valenciennes

Achille Valenciennes

Achille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...

 in 1836, and can reach a maximum length of 15 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of benthic isopods, amphipods, and mollusks.