| Clinus cottoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Clinus |
| Species: | C. cottoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Clinus cottoides Valenciennes, 1836 |
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Clinus cottoides, known commonly as the Bluntnose klipfish in South Africa,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Clinus.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found around South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 15 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species have a varied diet of benthic algae and weeds, isopods, amphipods, ostracods, copepods and other benthic crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and insects.[5]