Synonyma
Sauvagea Jordan & Seale, 1906 ― Lepidoblennius caledonicus Sauvage, 1874
Typový druh
Clinus xanthosoma Bleeker, 1857
Původní popis
Shen S.-C. 1971. A new genus of clinid fishes from the Indo-West-Pacific, with a redescription of Clinus nematopterus. Copeia 1971 (no. 4). 697-707.