Xenopoclinus kochi, the Platanna klipfish, is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa, where it occurs on sandy substrates in the intertidal zone near to kelp beds at depths of from 0 to 20 m (0 to 66 ft). It can reach a maximum total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[2] The specific name honours the malacologist H. J. Koch, who collected the type while conducting conchological fieldwork,[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Xenopoclinus |
| Species: | X. kochi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenopoclinus kochi J. L. B. Smith, 1948
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T.; Holleman, W.; Clements, K.D. (2014). "Xenopoclinus kochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179004A1558245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179004A1558245.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xenopoclinus kochi". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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