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Starksia guadalupae Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971. Guadalupe Blenny. To 4.4 cm (1.7 in) TL. Isla Guadalupe,
central Baja California and Rocas Alijos, southern Baja California. At depths of 9–18 m (30–60 ft). All
in Rosenblatt and Taylor (1971).
*Starksia spinipenis Al-Uthman, 1960. Phallic Blenny. To 6.5 cm (2.6 in; Robertson and Allen 2002). Cabo
San Lucas, southern Baja California to southern Mexico, including Gulf of California (Rosenblatt and
Taylor 1971). At depths of 1–20 m (3–65 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: SIO 61-242).
*Xenomedea rhodopyga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971. Redrump Blenny. To 6.5 cm (2.6 in) TL (Allen and
Robertson 1994). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California into northern Gulf of California (Rosenblatt
and Taylor 1971). At depths of 1–33 m (2–100 ft; Rosenblatt and Taylor 1971).
Family Clinidae — Kelp Blennies
Gibbonsia elegans (Cooper, 1864). Spotted Kelpfish. To 15.7 cm (6.2 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Piedras
Blancas Point, central California to Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California, including Isla Guadalupe
(Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Intertidal and to 56 m (185 ft) (min.: Wells 1986; max.: Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). The Spotted Kelpfish was mistakenly given the name Gibbonsia evides by Eschmeyer
(1998); for explanation see Nelson et al. (2004:243).
Gibbonsia metzi Hubbs, 1927. Striped Kelpfish. To 23.5 cm (9.25 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Vancouver
Island, British Columbia to Punta Rompiente, central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal,
including tidepools, and to 9 m (30 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Miller and Lea 1972).
Gibbonsia montereyensis Hubbs, 1927. Crevice Kelpfish. To 13.9 cm (5.5 in) SL (SIO 80-19). British Columbia
(Miller and Lea 1972) to Isla Guadalupe (SIO 60-15) and Bahia San Carlos (SIO 52-215), central Baja
California. Intertidal and to 37 m (121 ft) (min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.: J. Carroll, pers. comm. to
M. L.). Gibbonsia erythra Hubbs, 1952, is a junior synonym (Stepien and Rosenblatt 1991).
Heterostichus rostratus Girard, 1854. Giant Kelpfish. To 61.0 cm (24 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). British
Columbia to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California, including Isla Guadalupe (Miller and Lea 1972).
Intertidal and to 40 m (132 ft) (min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Family Chaenopsidae —Tube Blennies
*Acanthemblemaria balanorum Brock, 1940. Clubhead Barnacle Blenny. To 4.5 cm (1.8 in) TL (Allen and
Robertson 1994). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California into southern Gulf of California (Thomson
et al. 1979) to Isla Gorgona, Colombia (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 0–5 m (17 ft) (min.:
Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
*Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938. Browncheck Barnacle Blenny or Browncheek Blenny.
To 6 cm (2.4 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California into northern
Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 1979). At depths of 1–60 m (3–198 ft; Allen and Robertson 1994).
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940. Barnacle Blenny or Mexican Barnacle Blenny. To 6 cm (2.4 in)
TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Punta Marquis (23°56'N, 11°52'W), southern Baja California (SIO
62-704) and Gulf of California to Acapulco, Mexico (Allen and Robertson 1994). At depths of 1–15 m
(3–49 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
Chaenopsis alepidota (Gilbert, 1890). Orangethroat Pikeblenny. To 15.2 cm (6 in) TL (Miller and Lea
1972). Pelican Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, southern California (Kushner et al. 2001) to Gulf of California
(Thomson et al. 1979). The only known mainland population in southern California is in King Harbor,
southern California (Stephens et al. 1989). At depths of 1–23 m (3–75 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen
2002; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).