Gibbonsia montereyensis, known commonly as the Crevice kelpfish in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 (where it is also known as the Spotted kelpfish) and the United States

United States

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, is a species of clinid

Clinid

Clinids are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere...

 in the genus Gibbonsia

Gibbonsia

Gibbonsia is a genus of clinids found in the eastern Pacific ocean.-Species:* Spotted kelpfish, Gibbonsia elegans * Gibbonsia evides * Striped kelpfish, Gibbonsia metzi...

. It is a subtropical blenny found found from British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, to Baja California

Baja California

Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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. It was named by C.L. Hubbs in 1927, originally as a subspecies of Gibbonsia elegans

Gibbonsia elegans

Gibbonsia elegans, known commonly as the Spotted kelpfish in United Kingdom and the United States, is a species of clinid in the genus Gibbonsia. It is a subtropical blenny found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It was named by J.G. Cooper in 1864, and can reach a maximum length of 16 centimetres...

, and can reach a maximum length of 11 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of worms.