Description

Dorsal spines (total): 34 - 36; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 23 - 28; Vertebrae: 49 - 51. Caudal rounded (Ref. 6885). Color variable with several phases, reddish, green, dark and silver bars, which intermix freely; there is usually a strong dark ocellus above the lateral line canal behind the pectoral fin and there may be additionally several series of dark spots of various intensities; fins weakly pigmented at bases, anal and pectorals most so; head often with pigment bars radiating from eye (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Clinidae

Genus: Gibbonsia

Species: Gibbonsia montereyensis Hubbs, 1927

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in inshore rocky areas in algae, usually on exposed coast.

Habitat

demersal