| Cancelloxus elongatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Cancelloxus |
| Species: | C. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cancelloxus elongatus Heemstra & Wright, 1986 |
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Cancelloxus elongatus, known commonly as the whiteblotched klipfish in South Africa,[1] is a species of clinid in the genus Cancelloxus.[2] It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was named by P.C. Heemstra and J.E. Wright in 1986,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos.[4]