Pavoclinus
Genus of fishes
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Pavoclinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean coastal waters of southern Africa.
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| Pavoclinus | |
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| P. laurentii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Pavoclinus J. L. B. Smith, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| Pavoclinus pavo Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 | |
Species
Nine recognized species are placed in this genus:[1]
- Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus Zsilavecz, 2001
- Pavoclinus graminis (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (grass klipfish)
- Pavoclinus laurentii (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (rippled klipfish)
- Pavoclinus litorafontis M. L. Penrith, 1965 (slinky klipfish)
- Pavoclinus mentalis (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (bearded klipfish)
- Pavoclinus myae Christensen, 1978 (Mya's klipfish)
- Pavoclinus pavo (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (peacock klipfish)
- Pavoclinus profundus J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (deepwater klipfish)
- Pavoclinus smalei Heemstra & J. E. Wright, 1986 (deep-reef klipfish)
