''Neoclinus stephensae'', the yellowfin fringehead, is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in the eastern
Pacific
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ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
TL. The
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honours the collector of the
type
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, the
British-American
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conchologist
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Kate Stephens (ca. 1853–1954) who was Curator of Mollusks and Marine Invertebrates at
San Diego Natural History Museum
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and who was over 100 years old at the time the species was
described.
References
* Hubbs, Clark, 1953 (26 Feb.) ''Revision and systematic position of the blenniid fishes of the genus Neoclinus.'' Copeia 1953 (no. 1): 11–23.
stephensae
Fish described in 1953
Taxa named by Clark Hubbs
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