Neoclinus stephensae, the yellowfin fringehead, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the collector of the type, the British-American conchologist Kate Stephens (ca. 1853–1954) who was Curator of Mollusks and Marine Invertebrates at San Diego Natural History Museum and who was over 100 years old at the time the species was described.[3]

Neoclinus stephensae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Neoclinus
Species:
N. stephensae
Binomial name
Neoclinus stephensae
C. Hubbs, 1953

References edit

  • Hubbs, Clark, 1953 (26 Feb.) Revision and systematic position of the blenniid fishes of the genus Neoclinus. Copeia 1953 (no. 1): 11–23.
  1. ^ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Neoclinus stephensae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185171A1776136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185171A1776136.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Neoclinus stephensae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2019.