Clinus taurus Bull Klipfish

Clinus taurus is commonly referred to as Bull Klipfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17288 

AphiaID:

219205 

Scientific:

Clinus taurus 

German:

Bullen-Klippfisch 

English:

Bull Klipfish 

Category:

Pike-, tube- and flagblennies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Blenniiformes (Order) > Clinidae (Family) > Clinus (Genus) > taurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 

Occurrence:

Namibia, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Clinus acuminatus
• Clinus agilis
• Clinus arborescens
• Clinus berrisfordi
• Clinus brevicristatus
• Clinus cottoides
• Clinus exasperatus
• Clinus helenae
• Clinus heterodon
• Clinus latipennis
• 
  Clinus musaicus
  Mosaik Klippfisch
• 
  Clinus nematopterus
  Chinesischer Klippfisch
• Clinus robustus
• Clinus rotundifrons
• Clinus spatulatus
• 
  Clinus superciliosus
  Klippfisch
• 
  Clinus taurus
  Bullen-Klippfisch
• 
  Clinus venustris
  Gefleckter Klippfisch
• Clinus woodi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Clinus ornatus
  Verzierter Klippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-03-05 20:06:01 

Last edit:

2025-03-05 20:16:52 

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