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: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 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
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