Common names: worm-blenny (English), trambollo-gusano (Espanol), tubícola (Espanol)
 
Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici (Chabanaud, 1942)


Gulf worm-blenny,     Cortez worm-blenny,     California worm-blenny


Elongate, worm-like body; short, bluntly pointed head with large oblique mouth;  head swollen and mouth longer in males; rear edge of preopercle covered with skin; no cirrus on front nostril, flaplike cirrus over eye, no cirri on nape; dorsal fin XXXX-XXXXVI, 0; anal rays II, 22-26; pectoral rays 7-9.


Color highly variable, white, green, yellow, brown, or black, usually with series of white bars on dorsal fin; green or yellow variety often with one or more longitudinal rows of black spots on side.


Maximum size, 6.5 cm.

Habitat: occurs in weedy areas along rocky shores.

Depth: 0-5 m.

Southern Baja to the central Gulf of California.