I-Clinidae igama lesayensi elibhekisela emndenini wezinhlanzi zasolwandle, ezivame ukwaziwa ngokuthi ama-clinid noma izinhlanzi ze-clinid. Ziyizinhlanzi ezincane kuya kweziphakathi, ezitholakala kakhulu emanzini angamatshe noma amakhorali emanzini angashoni. Igama elithi “Clinidae” livela egameni lesiGreki elithi “klinein,” elisho “ukwehlela,” libhekisela ezindaweni ezivame ukutholakala kuzo lezi zinhlanzi.