{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Annals of the South African Museum - Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum (1969) (17792532954).jpg | image_caption = ''P. laurentii'' | taxon = Pavoclinus | authority = J. L. B. Smith, 1946 | type_species = ''Pavoclinus pavo'' | type_species_authority = Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 }}
'''''Pavoclinus''''' is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean coastal waters of southern Africa.
==Species== Nine recognized species are placed in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Pavoclinus| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> * ''Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus'' <small>Zsilavecz, 2001</small> * ''Pavoclinus graminis'' <small>(Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)</small> (grass klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus laurentii'' <small>(Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)</small> (rippled klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus litorafontis'' <small>M. L. Penrith, 1965</small> (slinky klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus mentalis'' <small>(Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)</small> (bearded klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus myae'' <small>Christensen, 1978</small> (Mya's klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus pavo'' <small>(Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)</small> (peacock klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus profundus'' <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1961</small> (deepwater klipfish) * ''Pavoclinus smalei'' <small>Heemstra & J. E. Wright, 1986</small> (deep-reef klipfish)
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Category:Pavoclinus Category:Clinidae
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