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Family Blenniidae — Combtooth Blennies
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Entomacrodus chiostictus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Notchfin Blenny or Rock Blenny. To 8 cm (3.1 in) TL
(De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997). Bahia San Ignacio, southern Baja California (Galván-Magaña et al.
2000) and Gulf of California to Colombia (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997), including all offshore islands
except Islas Galápagos (Robertson and Allen 2002). Tidepools (Allen and Robertson 1994) and to 14 m
(46 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Hypsoblennius brevipinnis (Günther, 1861). Barnaclebill Blenny or Barnacled Blenny. To 7 cm (2.8 in) TL
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Bahia Santa Maria (24°40'N, 112°11'W), southern Baja California (SIO
60-311) and Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Veléz
1998), including Islas Galápagos, Cocos, and Malpelo (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 1–10 m
(3–33 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Hypsoblennius gentilis (Girard, 1854). Bay Blenny. To 14.7 cm (5.8 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Monterey
Bay, central California to Gulf of California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 24 m (3–80 ft;
Miller and Lea 1972).
Hypsoblennius gilberti (Jordan, 1882). Rockpool Blenny. To 17 cm (6.75 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1976). Morro
Bay, central California (J. Stephens, pers. comm. to M. L.) to Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California
(Miller and Lea 1972). Usually intertidal and subtidal; to 18 m (60 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi (Jordan & Evermann, 1896). Mussel Blenny. To 13 cm (5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). Morro Bay, central California (J. Stephens, pers. comm. to M. L.) to Puerta Marquis,
Mexico, including Gulf of California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 21 m (70 ft) (min.: Wells
1986; max.: Miller and Lea 1972).
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898. Large-banded Fanged Blenny or Panamic Fanged
Blenny. To 18 cm (7.1 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Isla Cedros (M. L., unpubl. data) and (mainland)
Arricefe Sacramento (29°40'N, 115°47'W; M. L., unpubl. data), central Baja California into northern Gulf
of California (Thomson et al. 1979) and to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998),
including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 1–12 m (3–40 ft) (min.: SIO 48-82;
max.: Aburto-Oropeza and Balart 2001) and perhaps to 20 m (66 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Plagiotremus azaleus (Jordan & Bollman, 1890). Sabertooth Blenny. To 10.2 cm (4.0 in) TL (Robertson
and Allen 2002). King Harbor, southern California (Pondella and Craig 2001); Rocas Chester (27°53'N,
115°04'W) and Isla Cedros, central Baja California (Pondella and Craig 2001) to Puerto Pizarro, Peru
(Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Allen and Robertson 1994), Islas Galápagos
(Grove and Lavenberg 1997), and many other offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of
2–25 m (7–83 ft) (min.: Allen and Robertson 1994; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Family Icosteidae — Ragfishes
Icosteus aenigmaticus Lockington, 1880. Ragfish. To 2.13 m (7 ft) TL (Clemens and Wilby 1946) or more
(Hart 1973). Okhotsk Sea (Sheiko and Fedorov 2000) and Pacific coast of southern Honshu, Japan
(Suzuki and Tsukada 1994) to Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Point Loma,
southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Larvae have been taken off northernmost Baja California
(Moser et al. 1994). Surf zone and to 1,420 m (4,092 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Ragfish under about 30 cm (12 in) TL in shallow water or offshore near surface; adults
near bottom and deep (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Adults occasionally found at the shoreline or in the
surf zone evidently are out of their normal depth range and may be injured or disoriented. Acrotus
willoughbyi Bean, 1888, is a junior synonym; complete synonymy given in Mecklenburg (2003).