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Bony fish

Onespot fringehead

Neoclinus uninotatus

Also known as: Chaenopsid Blenny, Fringehead

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@epic · Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States · July 20211 / 2
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Overview

Found living inside crevices and holes in the reef, as well as inside bottles, cans, rubbish, shells, and tires etc., often with just their head showing.

Chaenopsid Blennies also called tube blennies because they often make their nests in abandoned worm holes and clams especially at breeding time. These blennies lack scales and have a high front Dorsal Fin.

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How to identify

Pattern
bars
Body shape
fringetentacles

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
LIVES IN

Found living inside crevices and holes in the reef, as well as inside bottles, cans, rubbish, shells, and tires etc., often with just their head showing.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyChaenopsidae
    6. genusNeoclinus
    7. speciesNeoclinus uninotatus Hubbs, 1953

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    More in the family

    Pike-Tube-Flagblennies (Chaenopsidae)