Gibbonsia metzi
Striped Kelpfish
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Clinidae (Kelp Blennies)
Gibbonsia
Gibbonsia metzi (Striped Kelpfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Caudal and pectorals rounded (Ref. 6885). Red or brown, weakly striped or mottled with darker shades (Ref. 6885).
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada to central Baja California, Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal. depth range 0-9 m.
Biology
Found among seaweeds, especially in tide pools and kelp.
Max length: 24.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; guarders (nesters). Oviparous (Ref. 101760).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2010-05-04. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial.
References
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Hart, J.L. (1973) Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p.
Vega-Cendejas, M.E., F. Arreguin-Sanchez and M. Hernandez (1993) Trophic fluxes on the Campeche Bank, Mexico. p. 206-213. In D. Pauly and V. Christensen (eds.) Trophic models of aquatic ecosystems. ICLARM Conf. Proc. 26.
Yoshiyama, R.M. and J.D.S. Darling (1982) Grazing by the intertidal fish Anoplarchus purpurescens upon a distasteful polychaete worm. Environ. Biol. Fishes 7(1):39-45.
Boyle, K.S. and M.H. Horn (2006) Comparison of feeding guild structure and ecomorphology of intertidal fish assemblages from central California and central Chile. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 319:65-84.
Watson, W. (1996) Clinidae: Clinid kelpfishes. p. 1164-1169. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505p.
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