Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Blenniimorphae
Ordo: Blenniiformes
Subordo: Blennioidei
Familia: Clinidae
Genus: Clinus
Species: C. acuminatus – C. agilis – C. arborescens – C. berrisfordi – C. brevicristatus – C. cottoides – C. exasperatus – C. helenae – C. heterodon – C. latipennis – C. musaicus – C. nematopterus – C. ornatus – C. robustus – C. rotundifrons – C. spatulatus – C. superciliosus – C. taurus – C. venustris – C. woodi
Name
Clinus Cuvier, 1816: 251
Type species: Blennius acuminatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms
Blenniomimus Smith, 1946
Caboclinus Smith, 1966
Gynutoclinus Smith, 1946
Ophthalmolophus Gill, 1860
References
Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 251]
Clinus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Clinus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Links
ITIS
Clinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus on FishBase and 22 on WoRMS:[2][3]
Clinus acuminatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Sad klipfish)
Clinus agilis J. L. B. Smith, 1931 (Agile klipfish)
Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908
Clinus berrisfordi M. L. Penrith, 1967 (Onrust klipfish)
Clinus brevicristatus Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 (Cape klipfish)
Clinus cottoides Valenciennes, 1836 (Bluntnose klipfish)
Clinus exasperatus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
Clinus helenae (J. L. B. Smith, 1946) (Helen's klipfish)
Clinus heterodon Valenciennes, 1836 (Westcoast klipfish)
Clinus latipennis Valenciennes, 1836 (False Bay klipfish)
Clinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
Clinus nematopterus Günther, 1861 (Chinese klipfish)
Clinus robustus Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 (Robust klipfish)
Clinus rotundifrons Barnard, 1937 (Kelp klipfish)
Clinus spatulatus B. A. Bennett, 1983 (Bot River klipfish)
Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Highfin or Super klipfish)
Clinus taurus Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 (Bull klipfish)
Clinus venustris Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 (Speckled klipfish)
Clinus woodi (J. L. B. Smith, 1946) (Oldman klipfish)
Names brought to synonymy
Clinus elegans Valenciennes, 1836 or Clinus geniguttatus Valenciennes, 1836, synonyms for Calliclinus geniguttatus
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Clinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Clinus". FishBase. April 2016 version.
Bailly, N. (2015). Clinus Cuvier, 1816. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204318 on 2016-05-15
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