Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Blenniiformes > Family Clinidae > Genus Clinitrachus

Clinitrachus argentatus (Risso, 1810)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clinitrachus*	Swainson, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Blennius argentatus*	Risso, 1810	synonym
*Cristiceps argentatus*	(Risso, 1810)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Ασημένια κλινοσαλιάρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קלינוס כסוף sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ari baligi

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Clinitrachus argentatus, France, by Wirtz, P.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Clinitrachus argentatus (Risso, 1810). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126844