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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Chorisochismus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 |
Species: | C. dentex
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Binomial name | |
Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769)
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Chorisochismus dentex, the rocksucker or giant clingfish, is a species of clingfish found along the coast of southern Africa from Namibia to northern Natal, South Africa.[2][3] It inhabits the intertidal and subtidal zones in shallow reefs and rock pools.[3][4] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]