{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Holleman, W. |author2=Clements, K.D. |author3=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=''Clinus helenae'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T178931A1549278 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178931A1549278.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Clinus helenae | authority = (J. L. B. Smith, 1946) | synonyms = * ''Ophthalmolophus helenae'' <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1946</small> }}
'''''Clinus helenae''''', the '''Helen's klipfish''', is a species of clinid that occurs in subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean around South Africa where it is a denizen of tide pools. This species can reach a maximum length of {{convert|10|cm|in}} TL.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Clinus|species= helenae| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> The identity of the person honoured in the matronym in this species' specific name is thought to be J.L.B. Smith's mother-in-law Helen Evelyn Zondagh (1877-1951).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes3/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE | work = ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 10 November 2018 | access-date = 21 April 2019}}</ref>
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helenae Category:Fish described in 1946
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