pools and subtidally; rare west of Cape Point to Lamberts
Bay, common from False Bay to East London.
237.7 Cirrhibarbis capensis: front of head to show barbels.
Genus Climacoporus Barnard, 1935
Head naked; small embedded scales extend onto D, C
and A bases. Flat supraorbital tentacle with fringe of fine
cirri distally. No cirri at tips of D spines. Vomer dentate.
Monotypic.
Fleet klipfish
237.8 Climacoporus navalis
Barnard, 1935
PLATE 117
Vloot-klipvis
Climacoporus navalis Barnard, 1935: 646 (Simonstown, False Bay from
ship's bottom); Smith, 1946: 538; SFSA No. 978*; Smith & Smith, 1966:
109* Clinus (Climacoporus) navalis: Penrith, 1969: 30*. Clinus navalis:
Winterbottom, 1976: 179.
D XXXIII-XXXVIII,O-I; A I1,22-24; P 12; V 1,2-3; GR (1-2)+5; vertebrae: 15+(27-29); LL about 80 double pores throughout, narrows and
may become obscure towards the tail; no cirri at D spine tips; 1st to 4th
spines more widely spaced than remainder; 1 specimen examined with no
soft dorsal ray. Third V ray reduced or absent.
Colour variable: yellowish brown, reddish or greenish,
streaked, mottled or barred darker; dark, light-edged ocellus on shoulder; all fades to uniform buff on preservation.
Attains 7 cm. Although originally found among barnacles
on a ship's bottom at Simonstown, intensive collecting indicates that it does not normally occur at the Cape; known
from Still Bay (west of Mossel Bay) to north of Port St.
Johns (Transkei); quite abundant in rock pools but agile
and difficult to capture.
237.9 Clinoporus biporosus: 13 em (False Bay).
237: CLINIDAE (KLIPFISHES)
Genus Clinoporus Barnard, 1927
Body and head naked; no scales; no supraorbital tentacle;
no D crest; no cirri on D spine tips; LL of large pores opening above and below throughout and ending in single
median pore on C peduncle. Vomer dentate. Monotypic.
237.9 Clinoporus biporosus
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
Ladder klipfish
Leer-klipvis
Clinus biporosus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908: 137 (False Bay).
Clinoporus biporosus: Smith, 1946: 546; SFSA No. 1003*; Penrith, 1969:
92*.
D XXXVIII-XLJ,2-3; A 11,27-29; P 12-13; V 1,3; vertebrae 17+(32-35).
More or less uniform red, brown or orange; uniform buff
on preservation. Attains 13 cm. Saldanha Bay to False Bay;
rare, subtidal, down to 30 m.
Genus Clinus Cuvier, 1816
The genera Blenniomimus Smith, 1946, Caboclinus
Smith, 1946, Gynutoclinus Smith, 1946 and Ophthalmolophus Gill, 1860 are here considered junior synonyms
of Clinus Cuvier, 1816. Penrith's (1969) subgenera are
given generic rank. Supraorbital tentacle present (in form
of minute papilla in C. rotundifrons); front LL usually of
double pores and/or single pores above and below line; behind post-pectoral curve a series of short, separate horizontal tubes with a pore at each end. Body with small embedded cycloid scales; 2 bands of villi form teeth in each jaw, the
outer teeth larger; vomer dentate.
KEY TO SPECIES
la Supraorbital tentacle with more than 2 branches
or filaments .................................................................... 2
Ib Supraorbital tentacle small, simple or bifid ........................... 15
2a Strong bony ridge above eye; front 3 D spines
shorter than 5th or 6th ...................................................... 3
2b At most a feeble ridge above eye ......................................... 4
3a A slight notch between 3rd and 4th D spines;
3rd spine shortest; no ocellus on opercle ..................... C. taurus
3b No notch between 3rd and 4th D spines, they
lengthen gradually from front to rear; large black
ocellus on opercle ............................................... C. cotto ides
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Bay, common from False Bay to East London.
237.7 Cirrhibarbis capensis: front of head to show barbels.
Genus Climacoporus Barnard, 1935
Head naked; small embedded scales extend onto D, C
and A bases. Flat supraorbital tentacle with fringe of fine
cirri distally. No cirri at tips of D spines. Vomer dentate.
Monotypic.
Fleet klipfish
237.8 Climacoporus navalis
Barnard, 1935
PLATE 117
Vloot-klipvis
Climacoporus navalis Barnard, 1935: 646 (Simonstown, False Bay from
ship's bottom); Smith, 1946: 538; SFSA No. 978*; Smith & Smith, 1966:
109* Clinus (Climacoporus) navalis: Penrith, 1969: 30*. Clinus navalis:
Winterbottom, 1976: 179.
D XXXIII-XXXVIII,O-I; A I1,22-24; P 12; V 1,2-3; GR (1-2)+5; vertebrae: 15+(27-29); LL about 80 double pores throughout, narrows and
may become obscure towards the tail; no cirri at D spine tips; 1st to 4th
spines more widely spaced than remainder; 1 specimen examined with no
soft dorsal ray. Third V ray reduced or absent.
Colour variable: yellowish brown, reddish or greenish,
streaked, mottled or barred darker; dark, light-edged ocellus on shoulder; all fades to uniform buff on preservation.
Attains 7 cm. Although originally found among barnacles
on a ship's bottom at Simonstown, intensive collecting indicates that it does not normally occur at the Cape; known
from Still Bay (west of Mossel Bay) to north of Port St.
Johns (Transkei); quite abundant in rock pools but agile
and difficult to capture.
237.9 Clinoporus biporosus: 13 em (False Bay).
237: CLINIDAE (KLIPFISHES)
Genus Clinoporus Barnard, 1927
Body and head naked; no scales; no supraorbital tentacle;
no D crest; no cirri on D spine tips; LL of large pores opening above and below throughout and ending in single
median pore on C peduncle. Vomer dentate. Monotypic.
237.9 Clinoporus biporosus
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
Ladder klipfish
Leer-klipvis
Clinus biporosus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908: 137 (False Bay).
Clinoporus biporosus: Smith, 1946: 546; SFSA No. 1003*; Penrith, 1969:
92*.
D XXXVIII-XLJ,2-3; A 11,27-29; P 12-13; V 1,3; vertebrae 17+(32-35).
More or less uniform red, brown or orange; uniform buff
on preservation. Attains 13 cm. Saldanha Bay to False Bay;
rare, subtidal, down to 30 m.
Genus Clinus Cuvier, 1816
The genera Blenniomimus Smith, 1946, Caboclinus
Smith, 1946, Gynutoclinus Smith, 1946 and Ophthalmolophus Gill, 1860 are here considered junior synonyms
of Clinus Cuvier, 1816. Penrith's (1969) subgenera are
given generic rank. Supraorbital tentacle present (in form
of minute papilla in C. rotundifrons); front LL usually of
double pores and/or single pores above and below line; behind post-pectoral curve a series of short, separate horizontal tubes with a pore at each end. Body with small embedded cycloid scales; 2 bands of villi form teeth in each jaw, the
outer teeth larger; vomer dentate.
KEY TO SPECIES
la Supraorbital tentacle with more than 2 branches
or filaments .................................................................... 2
Ib Supraorbital tentacle small, simple or bifid ........................... 15
2a Strong bony ridge above eye; front 3 D spines
shorter than 5th or 6th ...................................................... 3
2b At most a feeble ridge above eye ......................................... 4
3a A slight notch between 3rd and 4th D spines;
3rd spine shortest; no ocellus on opercle ..................... C. taurus
3b No notch between 3rd and 4th D spines, they
lengthen gradually from front to rear; large black
ocellus on opercle ............................................... C. cotto ides
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