Pavoclinus graminis
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Pavoclinus graminis, known commonly as the Grass klipfish in South Africa
and the United Kingdom
, is a species of clinid
in the genus Pavoclinus
. It is a subtropical blenny found from Mozambique
to South Africa
, in the western Indian Ocean
. It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908, originally under the name Clinus graminis, and can reach a maximum length of 16 centimetres.
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...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, 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 Pavoclinus
Pavoclinus
Pavoclinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.-Species:* Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus * Grass klipfish, Pavoclinus graminis...
. It is a subtropical blenny found from Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
to 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 western 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 under the name Clinus graminis, and can reach a maximum length of 16 centimetres.