Clinus musaicus Mosaic Klipfish

Clinus musaicus is commonly referred to as Mosaic Klipfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Clinus musaicus, omega reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2024(CC-BY-SA)

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lexID:: 17242
AphiaID:: 834937

Scientific:: Clinus musaicus
German:: Mosaik Klippfisch
English:: Mosaic Klipfish

Category:: Clinoid Blennies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Blenniiformes (Order) > Clinidae (Family) > Clinus (Genus) > musaicus (Species)
Initial determination:: Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012

Occurrence:: Endemic species, South-Africa
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 9 - 10 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils
Size:: 5.51" - 7.09" (14,5cm - 18,3cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Clinus acuminatus
Clinus agilis
Clinus arborescens
Clinus berrisfordi
Clinus brevicristatus
Clinus cottoides
Clinus exasperatus
Clinus helenae
Clinus heterodon
Clinus latipennis
Clinus musaicus
Mosaik Klippfisch
Clinus nematopterus
Chinesischer Klippfisch
Clinus robustus
Clinus rotundifrons
Clinus spatulatus
Clinus superciliosus
Klippfisch
Clinus taurus
Bullen-Klippfisch
Clinus venustris
Gefleckter Klippfisch
Clinus woodi

More related species in this lexicon:

Clinus ornatus
Verzierter Klippfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-02-19 18:10:44
Last edit:: 2025-02-19 18:15:46

Info

Clinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012

Clinus musaicus, the mosaic klipfish, is a species of bony fish from the family Clinidae, the kelp blennies.

External links

fishbase.se (en). Abgerufen am 19.02.2025.
tb.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 19.02.2025.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.02.2025.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 19.02.2025.

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Clinus musaicus, omega reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2024(CC-BY-SA)

Clinus musaicus, pinnacle gordons bay shoreline 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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