''Cancelloxus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
clinids
Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern He ...
found in the southeastern
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...
ocean.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Cancelloxus burrelli''
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1961 (Slender platanna-klipfish)
* ''
Cancelloxus elongatus''
Heemstra & J. E. Wright, 1986 (Whiteblotched klipfish)
* ''
Cancelloxus longior''
Prochazka & Griffiths, 1991
References
Clinidae
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