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Gibbonsia montereyensis (scarlet kelpfish; Crevice kelpfish; Spotted kelpfish)

Synonyms: Gibbonsia elegans montereyensis; Gibbonsia erythra
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Wikipedia Abstract

Gibbonsia montereyensis, the Crevice kelpfish, is a species of clinid found along the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico where it prefers areas close to the shore amongst algae. This species can reach a maximum length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on polychaete worms.
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Infraspecies

Gibbonsia montereyensis montereyensis
Gibbonsia montereyensis vulgaris

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Prey / Diet

Predators

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0