''Cryptotrema seftoni'', the Hidden blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny known only from

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This species is a deep water species known to occur on rocky reefs at depths greater than . No specimens of this fish have been collected since 1952 and it is poorly known. The

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honours Joseph W. Sefton Jr. (1882–1966), a banker from

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, from whose yacht the type was dredged.

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seftoni Fish of the Gulf of California Fish described in 1954 Taxa named by Clark Hubbs Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Labrisomidae-stub