Clinoporus biporosus
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Clinoporus biporosus, known commonly as the Ladder klipfish in South Africa
and the United Kingdom
, is a species of clinid
, and the only species in the genus Clinoporus. It is found around South Africa
, in the southeast Atlantic ocean. It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908, and can reach a maximum length of 13 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
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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...
, and the only species in the genus Clinoporus. It is 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 southeast Atlantic ocean. It was named by J.D.F. Gilchrist and W.W. Thompson in 1908, and can reach a maximum length of 13 centimetres.