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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gibbonsia metzi

striped kelpfish

WoRMS 280835ITIS 171398key worms:280835
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2026-08-05: itis_id 171398 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Meiacanthus grammistes
striped kelpfish24 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Gibbonsia metzi
Photo · Cricket Raspet · CC BY 4.0 · inat

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 9 metres (30 ft).W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1964 and 1964, as larva.R

1
observations
1
records
1
sampling events
1964
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 1 obs · 1 events · 1964 · larva
    name used: Gibbonsia metzi · code 2016

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:280835%22