Clinus
Genus of fishes
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Clinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.
| Clinus | |
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| Clinus acuminatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Clinus G. Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius acuminatus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
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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
