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Kali macrura (Parr, 1933). Longnose Swallower. To 12.3 cm (4.8 in) SL (Johnson 1969). Widespread in
temperate to tropical waters; southern California to Baja California (Johnson and Cohen 1974).
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, at 600 m (1,968 ft) or deeper (Moore et al. 2003).
Kali normani (Parr, 1931). Needletooth Swallower. To 20.1 cm (7.9 in) SL (Johnson and Cohen 1974).
Widespread in temperate to tropical waters; La Jolla, southern California (SIO 79-184) to Chile (Pequeño
1989). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, adults taken in hauls from 500 m (1,650 ft) to more than 1,500 m
(4,920 ft; Johnson and Keene in Quéro et al. 1990).
*Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892. Luminous Swallower. To 17.2 cm (6.8 in) SL (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). Widespread in temperate to tropical waters; Japan (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985) and
southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995); western Bering Sea off northeastern Kamchatka and vicinity
of Commander Islands (Sheiko and Fedorov 2000); probably inhabits deep waters north and south of
the Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic,
recorded from depths of 200–2,100 m (656–6,890 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Most authors include
the western Pacific form Pseudoscopelus sagamianus Tanaka, 1908, as a junior synonym; it was originally
named as a subspecies of P. scriptus and later treated as a distinct species (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Family Labrisomidae — Labrisomid Blennies
Alloclinus holderi (Lauderbach, 1907). Island Kelpfish. To 10.2 cm (4 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). San
Miguel Island, southern California (D. Kushner, pers. comm. to M. L.) to Punta San Pablo (27°12'N,
114°29'W), southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 91 m (298 ft) (min.: M. L.,
unpubl. data; max.: SCCWRP).
Cryptotrema corallinum Gilbert, 1890. Deepwater Blenny or Deepwater Kelpfish. To 12.7 cm (5 in) TL
(Miller and Lea 1972). Off Cook Point, San Miguel Island, southern California (D. Schroeder, pers.
comm. to M. L.) to Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). At depths of
24–195 m (78–639 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: M. L., unpubl. data).
Exerpes asper (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889). Sargassum Blenny. To 6.5 cm (2.6 in) TL (Allen and Robertson
1994). Lagunas Ojo de Liebre-Guerrero Negro, central Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1996)
into upper Gulf of California (Allen and Robertson 1994). Tidepools and to 10 m (33 ft) (min.: Thomson
and Lehner 1976; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Labrisomus multiporosus Hubbs, 1953. Porehead Blenny. To about 13 cm (5.1 in) TL (Allen and Robertson
1994). Lagunas Ojo de Liebre-Guerrero Negro, central Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1996)
into upper Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 2000) to Islas Chincha, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including
Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Intertidal and to 20 m (65 ft) (min.: SIO 48-65; max.: SIO
64-49).
*Labrisomus striatus Hubbs, 1953. Green Blenny. To 6 cm (2.4 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Cabo
San Lucas, southern Baja California to southern Mexico (Allen and Robertson 1994) and central Gulf
of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 1–9 m (3–30 ft) (min.: SIO 62-9; max.: SIO
61-237).
Labrisomus wigginsi Hubbs, 1953. Baja Blenny. To 9 cm (3.5 in) SL (SIO 64-42). Punta Eugenia, central
Baja California (SIO 52-115) to Arroyo Seco (“half way between Magdalena Bay and Cape San Lucas”),
southern Baja California (Hubbs 1953). Intertidal (Hubbs 1953) and to 4 m (12 ft; SIO 64-65).
Labrisomus xanti Gill, 1860. Largemouth Blenny. To 17.8 cm (7 in) TL (Thomson et al. 1979). Isla Cedros,
central Baja California (M. L., unpubl. data) and (mainland) Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino, southern Baja
California into Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 1979) and to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez
1998). Tidepools and to 11 m (36 ft) (min.: Thomson and Lehner 1976; max.: LACM 31768.028).