| Cryptotrema corallinum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Blennioidei |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Cryptotrema |
| Species: | C. corallinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptotrema corallinum Gilbert, 1890 |
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Cryptotrema corallinum, known commonly as the Deep-water blenny (sometimes spelled "Deepwater blenny") in the United Kingdom and the United States, and also known as the Deepwater kelpfish in the United States,[1] is a species of labrisomid blenny.[2] It is a subtropical blenny known from southern California, U.S.A., to Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It was described by C.H. Gilbert in 1890.[3] Blennies in this species can reach a maximum length of 13 centimetres, and swim at a depth range of 24-91 metres.[2]