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Stichaeidae

Neck banded blenny

Leptostichaeus pumilus

Curled inside empty worm tubes

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Neck banded blenny is a marine fish of ocean habitats. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: Curled inside empty worm tubes.

Maximum length
7.8 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Hokkaido Island in the Sea of Okhotsk and Russian waters of the Sea of Japan.

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