| Muraenoclinus dorsalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Muraenoclinus |
| Species: | M. dorsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Muraenoclinus dorsalis Bleeker, 1860 |
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Muraenoclinus dorsalis, known commonly as the Nosestripe klipfish in South Africa and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of clinid, and the only species in the genus Muraenoclinus.[3] It is found from Namibia to Natal, South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic ocean.[4] It was named by Pieter Bleeker in 1860,[5] and can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres.[4] Female blennies in this species give birth to live young.[6]