- Animals
- ›Chordates
- ›Vertebrates
- ›Ray-finned Fishes
- ›Spiny-rayed fishes
- ›Blennies, Damselfishes and Allies
- ›Blennies
- ›Kelp Blennies
- ›Clinus
Autumn Klipfish
Clinus arborescens
Clinus arborescens is a species of clinid that occurs in temperate waters of the Indian Ocean around South Africa. This species can reach a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) SL. It is a demersal species, found in beds of Rhodophyta where it feeds on small molluscs.
From the article Clinus arborescens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Body is slightly compressed, with a wedge-shaped snout and acute profile angle. Like many others of the clinidae family, it has a tentacle above each eye. The first three dorsal spines are elevated to form a crest, with a notch in the membrane between the third and fourth spine. The dorsal spines are topped with clusters of fine cirri. The inner ray of the pelvic fin is thin and close to second ray, third is half length of second ray. Coloration can vary between brown, red, and green, with 2 - 4 diffuse saddles. One light stripe radiates from the eye, past the pectoral fin, and towards the caudal peduncle, there is an ocellate spot on the edge of the operculum, right above the light stripe. Eye is slightly behind edge of lips.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Clinus arborescens in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 445797.