Clinidae

Variegated snake blenny

Ophiclinops varius

High concealment camouflaged in seagrass beds

• Temperate
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Temperate fish

Ophiclinops varius, the variegated snake-blenny, is a species of clinids found in the neritic zone and intertidal coastal waters of southern Australia where it resides in seagrass meadows and camouflages in beds of Amphibolis seagrasses. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. Sightings of the variegated snake-blenny have been rare, as Ophiclinops varius is very well hidden, resulting in very few photos and a lack of literature. There have been no sightings on iNaturalist.