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Northeastern Pacific Kelpfishes
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Northeastern Pacific Kelpfishes

Gibbonsia

Gibbonsia is a genus of clinids native to the eastern Pacific ocean. The name of this genus honours the American naturalist, physician and founder member of the California Academy of Sciences, William P. Gibbons (1812–1897).

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Spotted Kelpfish

speciesGibbonsia elegans

Striped Kelpfish

speciesGibbonsia metzi

Crevice Kelpfish

speciesGibbonsia montereyensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88489.