''Xenopoclinus'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

clinids Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisp ...

native to the coast of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Species

Two recognized species are in this genus: * ''

Xenopoclinus kochi ''Xenopoclinus kochi'', the Platanna klipfish, is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa, where it occurs on sandy substrates in the intertidal zone near to kelp beds at depths of from . It can reach a maximum total length o ...

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...

, 1948 (Platanna klipfish) * ''

Xenopoclinus leprosus ''Xenopoclinus leprosus'', the leprous platanna-klipfish, is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa from the Orange River to Algoa Bay. It can be found on substrates of sand, gravel, or pebbles. It can reach a maximum total len ...

, 1961 (leprous platanna-klipfish)

References

Clinidae {{Clinidae-stub