Gobies and blennies - southern California

Gobies, Blennies and similar fish.

Including an 8-image spotlight on one Hypsoblennius gilberti, a "rock pool blenny," which at the time I thought was a mussel blenny. This little guy lived in a large cement block with a round hole that probably came from some missing reinforcement bar. Since the hole was easy to find under the Santa Monica Pier, I'd visit the fish often and when I got to know him, I was able to get close with my camera.

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Image 1 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-CLOSE UP-1977-06-SM Pier
Hyysoblennius gilberti CLOSE 1977 Pier
Image 2 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hypsoblennius gilberti 1977-06-SM Pier
Hypsoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier
Image 3 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-1977-06-SM Pier-001
Hyysoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier 001
Image 4 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-1977-06-SM Pier-003
Hyysoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier 003
Image 5 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-1977-06-SM Pier-002
Hyysoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier 002
Image 6 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-CLOSE UP-1977-06-SM Pier-002
Hyysoblennius gilberti CLOSE 1977 Pier 002
Image 7 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier. (Being fed urchin roe)
Hypsoblennius gilberti 1977-06 SM Pier
Hypsoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier
Image 8 of 8: Hypsoblennius gilberti in a hole under the Santa Monica Pier.
Hyysoblennius gilberti-1977-06-SM Pier-009
Hyysoblennius gilberti 1977 Pier 009
The island kelp fish (blenny) - Santa Cruz Island Dive Log 845.
Alloclinus holderi-Log 845-1982-02-Sta Cruz Island-001
Alloclinus holderi Log 845 1982 Sta Cruz Island 001
The island kelp fish (blenny) - Anacapa Island Dive Log 995.
Alloclinus holderi-Log 995-1983-09-Anacapa
Alloclinus holderi Log 995 1983 Anacapa
A Black-Eyed Goby - Santa Cruz Island Dive Log 845. Formerly known as Coryphopterus nicholsii, renamed in 2002 to Rhinogobiops nicholsii.
Coryphopterus nicholsi - Log 845 - 1982-02-Sta Cruz Island-001
Coryphopterus nicholsi Log 845 1982 Sta Cruz Island 001
A Black-Eyed Goby - Santa Cruz Island Dive Log 639. Formerly known as Coryphopterus nicholsii, renamed in 2002 to Rhinogobiops nicholsii.
Coryphopterus nicholsi - Log 639 - 1979-04-Sta Cruz Island
Coryphopterus nicholsi Log 639 1979 Sta Cruz Island
Lythrypnus dalli, the Blue-Banded Goby, surrounded by Corynactis anemones - Dive Log 718 Santa Cruz Island.
Lythrypnus dalli-Log 718-1980-09-Sta Cruz Island
Lythrypnus dalli Log 718 1980 Sta Cruz Island
Lythrypnus dalli, Blue-Banded Goby, perched near a male rock scallop Crassodoma gigantea.
Lythrypnus dalli-Log 718-1980-09-Sta Cruz Island-002
Lythrypnus dalli Log 718 1980 Sta Cruz Island 002
Lythrupnus dalli (Blue-Banded Goby) on a bed of red algae with solitary cup corals Balanophyllia elegans - Anacapa Island Dive Log 963.
Lythrypnus dalli-Log 963-1983-07-Anacapa
Lythrypnus dalli Log 963 1983 Anacapa
Lythrupnus dalli (Blue-Banded Goby) - Dive Log 978 Anacapa Island.
Lythrypnus dalli-Log 978-1983-08-17-Anacapa-002
Lythrypnus dalli Log 978 1983 Anacapa 002
A Yellow Fringehead Blenny, Neoclinus stephensae, inside a bottle under the Santa Monica Pier.
Neoclinus stephensae-in bottle-1977-06-SM Pier-004
Neoclinus stephensae bottle 1977 Pier 004
Image 1 of 2: Chin and mouth of an aggessive Sarcastic Fringehead (blenny), Neoclinus blanchardi, Santa Cruz Island Dive Log 1059.
Neoclinus blanchardi-Log 1059-1984-07-Sta Cruz Island-001
Neoclinus blanchardi Log 1059 1984 Sta Cruz Island 001
Image 2 of 2: Chin and mouth of an aggessive Sarcastic Fringehead (blenny), Neoclinus blanchardi, Santa Cruz Island Dive Log 1059.
Neoclinus blanchardi-Log 1059-1984-07-Sta Cruz Island-002
Neoclinus blanchardi Log 1059 1984 Sta Cruz Island 002

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Gobies and blennies - southern California