''Neoclinus chihiroe'' is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found around
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, in the northwest
Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
SL.
Etymology
The specific name "''chihiroe''" refers to Chihiro Okazaki, the wife of Dr. Toshio Okazaki, whom Fukao credits with leading to the discovery of ''Neoclinus chihiroe'' sister taxon ''
N. okazakii''.
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References
* Fukao, R., 1987 (10 Dec.
''Fishes of Neoclinus bryope species complex from Shirahama, Japan, with description of two new species.''
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 34 (no. 3): 291–308.
chihiroe
Fish described in 1987
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