yellowfin fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae Hubbs, 1953
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Neoclinus stephensae, the yellowfin fringehead, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The specific name honours the collector of the type, the British-American conchologist Kate Stephens (ca. 1853–1954) who was Curator of Mollusks and Marine Invertebrates at San Diego Natural History Museum and who was over 100 years old at the time the species was described.
Wikipedia contributors, Neoclinus stephensae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:47:38.918654+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neoclinus stephensae Hubbs, 1953
- Name authority
- Hubbs, 1953
- Common name
- yellowfin fringehead
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Chaenopsidae
- Genus
- Neoclinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyChaenopsidae Gill, 1865
- genusNeoclinus Girard, 1858
- speciesNeoclinus stephensae Hubbs, 1953
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Neoclinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| sarcastic fringeheadNeoclinus blanchardi Girard, 1858 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus monogrammus Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus nudus Stephens & Springer, 1971 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus bryope (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus chihiroe Fukao, 1987 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus lacunicola Fukao, 1980 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus nudiceps Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoclinus okazakii Fukao, 1987 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| onespot fringeheadNeoclinus uninotatus Hubbs, 1953 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hubbs, & Clark. (1953). Revision and systematic position of the blenniid fishes of the genus Neoclinus. Copeia 1953, 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/1440237 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:46D6D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.