Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi)

Scientific name: Neoclinus blanchardi Girard, 1858

Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi)

The Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi) is a marine fish of the family Chaenopsidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, San Francisco in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.

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. Female deposits eggs in clam burrows or under rocks, male guards them.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Neoclinus blanchardi
Family
Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
3–73 m (10–240 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 73 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: San Francisco in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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