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Neoclinus uninotatus

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ4488339 ↗
Source-derived summary

Neoclinus uninotatus, the onespot fringehead, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on benthic crustaceans. It has been known to live for up to 7 years.

References

Hubbs, Clark (26 February 1953). "Revision and systematic position of the blenniid fishes of the genus Neoclinus". Copeia. 1953 (1): 11–23. doi:10.2307/1440237. JSTOR 1440237.

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This entry incorporates text from “Neoclinus uninotatus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.