Neoclinus blanchardi
Neoclinus blanchardi Girard, 1858
Sarcastic fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi
photo by Gotshall, D.W.


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Family:  Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Max. size:  30 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 3 - 73 m
Distribution:  Eastern Pacific: San Francisco in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Usually occurs on exposed coast, on sand or hard mud bottom below low tide, rarer in bays. Usually found inside objects, especially mollusk shells, clam burrows and bottles. Demersal spawners in nearshore habitats (Ref. 56049). Female deposits eggs in clam burrows or under rocks, male guards them.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 March 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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