Kelpfish may refer to:
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Chironemus
''Chironemus'' is a genus of marine ray finned fish, commonly known as kelpfishes, belonging to the family Chironemidae. They are found in the temperate waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
The Kelpfishes were placed in the monogener ...
'', the only genus in the family Chironemidae, commonly referred to as kelpfishes
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Large kelpfish
The large kelpfish (''Chironemus marmoratus''), the Eastern kelpfish, hiwihiwi, surgefish or kelpfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a kelpfish belonging to the family Chironemidae. It is found in southern Australia, and off the North ...
(''Chironemus marmoratus''), commonly known as the kelpfish
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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).
Species
There ...
'', a genus of blennies from the family
Clinidae
Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemis ...
, its members having the common name kelpfish
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Gibbonsia elegans
''Gibbonsia elegans'', the spotted kelpfish, is a species of clinid native to subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean from central California, U.S. to southern Baja California, Mexico. It prefers subtidal rocky habitats with seaweed down to a de ...
'', the spotted kelpfish
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Gibbonsia metzi
''Gibbonsia metzi'', the striped kelpfish, is a species of clinid native to the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico. It can be found in tide pools and in kelp beds down to a depth of about . ...
'', the striped kelpfish
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Gibbonsia montereyensis
''Gibbonsia montereyensis'', the Crevice kelpfish, is a species of clinid found along the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico where it prefers areas close to the shore amongst algae. This spec ...
'', the crevice kelpfish
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Giant kelpfish
The giant kelpfish (''Heterostichus rostratus'') is a species of clinid native to the west coast of North America, where it is found from California to southern Baja California. It inhabits rocky areas with kelp and other large seaweeds. Its di ...
(''Heterostichus rostratus''), a species of blenny in the family Clinidae
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Sebastiscus marmoratus
''Sebastiscus marmoratus'', the sea ruffe, false kelpfish or dusky stingfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the Western Pacific from s ...
'', the false kelpfish, a species of
rockfish from the family
Scorpaenidae
The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venom ...
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Oxyjulis
''Oxyjulis californica'' is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean along the coasts of California and Baja California. Its distribution extends from Salt Point in Sonoma County, California, to southern central Baja California, n ...
californica'', the ''señorita'', a species of wrasse sometimes referred to as a type of kelpfish
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