''Neoclinus'' is a
genus
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of
chaenopsid blennies found in the North
Pacific
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ocean along the coasts of
California
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,
Baja California
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,
Japan,
Korea
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and
Taiwan
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.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Neoclinus blanchardi''
Girard, 1858 (Sarcastic fringehead)
* ''
Neoclinus bryope''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
* ''
Neoclinus chihiroe''
Fukao, 1987
* ''
Neoclinus lacunicola''
Fukao, 1980
* ''
Neoclinus monogrammus''
Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010 [Murase, A., Aizawa, M. & Sunobe, T. (2010): Two New Chaenopsid Fishes, ''Neoclinus monogrammus'' and ''Neoclinus nudiceps'' (Teleostei: Perciformes: Blennioidei), from Japan. ''Species Diversity, 15 (2): 57-70.'']
* ''
Neoclinus nudiceps''
Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010 [
* '' Neoclinus nudus'' J. S. Stephens & V. G. Springer, 1971
* '' Neoclinus okazakii'' Fukao, 1987
* '' Neoclinus stephensae'' C. L. Hubbs, 1953 (Yellowfin fringehead)
* '' Neoclinus toshimaensis'' Fukao, 1980
* '' Neoclinus uninotatus'' C. L. Hubbs, 1953 (Onespot fringehead)
]
References
Chaenopsidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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