Gibbonsia montereyensis

Gibbonsia montereyensis
Gibbonsia montereyensis
Crevice kelpfish (Gibbonsia montereyensis). California, Channel Islands NMS.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Gibbonsia
Species: G. montereyensis
Binomial name
Gibbonsia montereyensis
Hubbs, 1927
Synonyms
  • Gibbonsia elegans montereyensis (Hubbs, 1927)[1]
  • Gibbonsia erythra (Hubbs, 1952)[1]

Gibbonsia montereyensis, known commonly as the Crevice kelpfish in Canada (where it is also known as the Spotted kelpfish) and the United States,[2] is a species of clinid in the genus Gibbonsia.[3] It is a subtropical blenny found found from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3] It was named by C.L. Hubbs in 1927, originally as a subspecies of Gibbonsia elegans,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 11 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of worms.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Gibbonsia montereyensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Gibbonsia montereyensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Gibbonsia montereyensis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Hubbs, C.L., 1927 (7 Apr.) [ref. 2236] Notes on the blennioid fishes of western North America. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters v. 7 [1926]: 351-394.
  5. ^ Food items for Gibbonsia montereyensis at www.fishbase.org.


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