Cirrhibarbis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:406 Masc. Cirrhibarbis capensis Valenciennes 1836. Type by monotypy. Appeared first as "Les Cirribarbes" in Cuvier 1829:239 [ref. 995], without species. •Synonym of Clinus Cuvier 1816 -- (Penrith 1969:14 [ref. 20726], Bennett 1983 [ref. 5299]). •Valid as Cirrhibarbis Valenciennes 1836 -- (Smith 1986:760 [ref. 5712], Hastings & Springer 2009:11 [ref. 30391] as Cirribarbis, Holleman et al. 2012:831 [ref. 32284]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhibarbis Valenciennes 1836. Clinidae.