Clinus

Clinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.

Clinus
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
Synonyms[1]
Blenniomimus J. L. B. Smith, 1946 Caboclinus J.L.B. Smith, 1966 Gynutoclinus J.L.B. Smith, 1946 Ophthalmolophus T. N. Gill, 1860

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