Clinus spatulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei

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: Clinus spatulatus

Name

• Clinus spatulatus Bennett, 1983

Holotype: SAM 29449. Paratypes: SAIAB 18239 (14); SAM 29450 (1), 29451 (9).

Type locality: South Africa, Bot River estuary, Western Cape, 34°21′S, 18°71′E.[1]

Vernacular names

English: Bot River klipfish

References

• Bennett, B. A.; 1983: Clinus spatulatus, a new species of clinid fish (Perciformes: Blennioidei) from South Africa, with a modified definition of the genus Clinus. JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication, No. 29: 1–9.
• Holleman, W., von der Heyden, S. & Zsilavecz, G.; 2012: Delineating the fishes of the Clinus superciliosus species complex in southern African waters (Blennioidei: Clinidae: Clinini), with the validation of Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 and Clinus ornatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908, and with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166 (4): 827–853.
• Clinus spatulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.