After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Clinini [11/52]
   |--o Cancelloxus [2]
   |  |-- C. burrelli Smith, 1961 (Slender platanna-klipfish)
   |  `-- C. elongatus Heemstra & Wright, 1986 (Whiteblotched klipfish)
   |-- Clinoporus biporosus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Ladder klipfish)
   |--o Clinus Mioc. Eu. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc. [18]
   |  |-- †C. gracilis
   |  |-- C. acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Sad klipfish)
   |  |-- C. agilis Smith, 1931 (Agile klipfish)
   |  |-- C. berrisfordi Penrith, 1967 (Onrust klipfish)
   |  |-- C. brevicristatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Cape klipfish)
   |  |-- C. capensis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Barbelled klipfish)
   |  |-- C. cottoides Valenciennes, 1836 (Bluntnose klipfish)
   |  |-- C. helenae (Smith, 1946) (Helen's klipfish)
   |  |-- C. heterodon Valenciennes, 1836 (Westcoast klipfish)
   |  |-- C. latipennis Valenciennes, 1836 (False Bay klipfish)
   |  |-- C. navalis (Barnard, 1935) (Fleet klipfish)
   |  |-- C. nematopterus Günther, 1861 (Chinese klipfish)
   |  |-- C. robustus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Robust klipfish)
   |  |-- C. rotundifrons Barnard, 1937 (Kelp klipfish)
   |  |-- C. spatulatus Bennett, 1983 (Bot River klipfish)
   |  |-- C. superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
   |  |-- C. taurus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Bull klipfish)
   |  |-- C. venustris Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Speckled klipfish)
   |  `-- C. woodi (Smith, 1946) (Oldman klipfish)
   |-- Cologrammus flavescens (Hutton, 1872)
   |-- Ericentrus rubrus (Hutton, 1872) (Orange clinid)
   |-- Gynutoclinus [not recognized by the Fishbase]
   |-- Heterostichus rostratus Girard, 1854 (Giant kelpfish)
   |-- Neoblennius [not recognized by the Fishbase]
   |--o Pavoclinus [8]
   |  |-- P. graminis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Grass klipfish)
   |  |-- P. laurentii (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Rippled klipfish)
   |  |-- P. litorafontis Penrith, 1965 (Slinky klipfish)
   |  |-- P. mentalis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Bearded klipfish)
   |  |-- P. myae Christensen, 1978 (Mya's klipfish)
   |  |-- P. pavo (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Peacock klipfish)
   |  |-- P. profundus Smith, 1961 (Deepwater klipfish)
   |  `-- P. smalei Heemstra & Wright, 1986 (Deep-reef klipfish)
   |-- Springeratus xanthosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
   `--o Xenopoclinus [2]
      |-- X. kochi Smith, 1948 (Platanna klipfish)
      `-- X. leprosus Smith, 1961 (Leprous platanna-klipfish)

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