Pavoclinus litorafontis, known commonly as the Slinky klipfish in 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...

, 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 around False Bay

False Bay

False Bay is a body of water defined by Cape Hangklip and the Cape Peninsula in the extreme South-West of South Africa.- Description and location :...

, South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic ocean. It was named by M.L. Penrith in 1965, and can reach a maximum length of 21 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of amphipods in the genera Ischyrocerus and Laetmatophilus.