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Kelpfish Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology see blenny. More on Kelpfish Blenny - common name of various species of extremely numerous small fishes belonging to the families Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) and Nototheniidae (Antarctic blennies).
Giant kelpfish stick close to giant kelp and other seaweeds, where their blade-shaped bodies help them blend in.
Kelpfish, Chironemus marmoratus (Günther, 1860) Ken Pope Ken Graham Ken Graham on boat Ken Graham specimens Ken Ward Emu Egg Side 1 Ken Ward Emu Egg Side 2 Ken Ward Emu Egg Side 3 Keos and the Eastern Aegean: the Cretan Connection ...
Most are small fish, measuring as little as 5 cm, but Heterostichus rostratus, or giant kelpfish, can reach 60 cm (Click here to see a fish diagram). (Böhlke and Chaplin, 1994; Helfman, et al.
croakers, drums, threadfins, goatfishes, sweepers, beachsalmon, bathyclupeids, archerfishes, galjoens, sea chubs, jutjaws, sicklefishes, moonies, butterflyfishes, angelfishes, oldwives, armorheads, leaffishes, knifejaws, hawkfishes, kelpfishes, ...
See also: Diver, Parrot, Wrasse, Butterflyfish, Perch
 
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