Teleostei >
Blenniiformes (Blennies)
鱸形目 (Blennies) >
Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
煙管鳚科 (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Neoclinus: Greek,neos = new + Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone (Ref. 45335).