{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Gibbonsia sp.jpg | image_caption = ''Gibbonsia sp.'' | taxon = Gibbonsia | authority = J. G. Cooper, 1864 | type_species = ''Myxodes elegans'' | type_species_authority = J. G. Cooper, 1864<ref>{{Cof record|genid=3182|title=Gibbonsia|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref> }}
'''''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).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes3/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE | work = ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 10 November 2018 | accessdate = 21 April 2019}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Gibbonsia| month = February | year = 2019}}</ref> * ''Gibbonsia elegans'' <small>(J. G. Cooper, 1864)</small> (Spotted kelpfish) * ''Gibbonsia metzi'' <small>C. L. Hubbs, 1927</small> (Striped kelpfish) * ''Gibbonsia montereyensis'' <small>C. L. Hubbs, 1927</small> (Crevice kelpfish)
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Category:Gibbonsia Category:Clinidae Category:Taxa named by James Graham Cooper
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