Clinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Clinus musaicus, the mosaic klipfish, is a species of bony fish from the family Clinidae, the kelp blennies. It is endemic to the waters off the Western Cape in South Africa where it occurs off the Cape Peninsula in False Bay on the Peninsula's eastern coast and the Atlantic Ocean off its western coast. All the specimens were collected from areas of flat, sandy substrates with scattered shell fragments.
Wikipedia contributors, Clinus musaicus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:21:59.977883+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Clinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
- Name authority
- Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Clinidae
- Genus
- Clinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyClinidae Swainson, 1839
- genusClinus Cuvier, 1816
- speciesClinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Clinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Clinus brevicristatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus helenae (Smith, 1946) | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus heterodon Valenciennes, 1836 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836) | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus navalis (Barnard, 1935) | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus berrisfordi Penrith, 1967 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus nematopterus Günther, 1861 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus robustus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus agilis Smith, 1931 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clinus cottoides Valenciennes, 1836 | ClinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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 de. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00865.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5YZFK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.