| Gibbonsia metzi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Gibbonsia |
| Species: | G. metzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gibbonsia metzi Hubbs, 1927 |
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Gibbonsia metzi, known commonly as the Striped kelpfish in Canada and the United States,[1] is a species of clinid in the genus Gibbonsia.[2] It is a subtropical blenny found found from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It was named by C.L. Hubbs in 1927,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 24 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of worms,[4] and are commercial aquarium fish.[2]