{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Springeratus xanthosoma Day.png | image_caption = ''Springeratus xanthosoma'' | taxon = Springeratus | authority = S. C. Shen, 1971 | type_species = ''Clinus xanthosoma'' | type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1857 }}

'''''Springeratus''''' is a genus of clinids found in the southwestern Pacific and western Indian Ocean. The generic name honours the American taxonomist and ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.<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 = 24 April 2019}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Springeratus| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> * ''Springeratus caledonicus'' <small>(Sauvage, 1874)</small> (Caledonian weedfish) * ''Springeratus polyporatus'' <small>T. H. Fraser, 1972</small> * ''Springeratus xanthosoma'' <small>(Bleeker, 1857)</small>

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Category:Springeratus Category:Clinidae

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