Xenopoclinus leprosus
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Xenopoclinus leprosus, known commonly as the Leprous platanna-klipfish in South Africa
, is a species of clinid
in the genus
Xenopoclinus
. It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean
. It was named by J.L.B. Smith in 1960, and can reach a maximum length of 8 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos.
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...
, 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
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Xenopoclinus
Xenopoclinus
Xenopoclinus is a small genus of clinids found in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. It has two described species.-Species:* Platanna klipfish, Xenopoclinus kochi * Leprous platanna-klipfish, Xenopoclinus leprosus...
. It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. It was named by J.L.B. Smith in 1960, and can reach a maximum length of 8 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos.