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Clinidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 171396

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Peronedysidae
 
    Ophiclinidae
 
  Common Name(s): kelpfishes [English]
  
    clinids [English]
  
    klipfishes [English]
  
    scaled blennies [English]
  
    cabillauds [French]
  
    clinides [French]
  
    clinies [French]
  
    kelp blennies [English]
  
    sargaceros [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderBlennioidei  – blennies, blennidés  
                                  FamilyClinidae  – kelpfishes, clinids, klipfishes, scaled blennies, cabillauds, clinides, clinies, kelp blennies, sargaceros  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusBlennioclinus Gill, 1860  
                                     GenusBlennophis Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusCancelloxus Smith, 1961  
                                     GenusCirrhibarbis Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836  
                                     GenusClimacoporus Barnard, 1935  
                                     GenusClinitrachus Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusClinoporus Barnard, 1927  
                                     GenusClinus Cuvier, 1816 – weedfishes, weedfishes 
                                     GenusCologrammus Gill, 1893  
                                     GenusCristiceps Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836  
                                     GenusEricentrus Gill, 1893  
                                     GenusFucomimus Smith, 1946  
                                     GenusGibbonsia Cooper, 1864  
                                     GenusHeteroclinus Castelnau, 1872  
                                     GenusHeterostichus Girard, 1854  
                                     GenusMuraenoclinus Smith, 1946  
                                     GenusMyxodes Cuvier, 1829  
                                     GenusOphiclinops Whitley, 1932  
                                     GenusOphiclinus Castelnau, 1872  
                                     GenusPavoclinus Smith, 1946  
                                     GenusPeronedys Steindachner, 1884  
                                     GenusRibeiroclinus Pinto, 1965  
                                     GenusSmithichthys Hubbs, 1952  
                                     GenusSpringeratus Shen, 1971  
                                     GenusSticharium Günther, 1867  
                                     GenusXenopoclinus Smith, 1948  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: cabillauds[French], clinides [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Clinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Clinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: clinies[French], kelp blennies [English], sargaceros [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Clinidae, kelpfishes [English]   
       

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