Sonora blenny
Malacoctenus gigas Springer, 1959
Also calledBlenia de Sonora (spa) · trambollo de Sonora (spa)
First described in: Springer, V. G. (1959). Systematics and zoogeography of the clinid fishes of the subtribe Labrisomini Hubbs. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas.</em> 5 (for Dec. 1958): 417-492.
Malacoctenus gigas, the Sonora blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the Gulf of California. It is a shallow water species inhabiting patches of seaweed on reefs. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.
== References ==
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description
Sonora Blenny. To 13 cm (5.1 in) (Robertson and Allen 2008). Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2008). Benthic; depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), intertidal to 5 m (16 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Robertson and Allen 2008).
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2389518.