Malacoctenus hubbsi

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hastings, P. |author2=Dominici-Arosemena, A. |date=2010 |title=Malacoctenus hubbsi |volume=2010 |page=e.T183655A8152547 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183655A8152547.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Malacoctenus hubbsi

| authority = V. G. Springer, 1959

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Malacoctenus hubbsi, the redside blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Gulf of California extending to the Pacific coast of southern Baja California. It is found in rocky areas at depths of from {{convert|1|to|4|m|ft}}. This species can reach a length of {{convert|9|cm|in}} TL.{{FishBase |genus= Malacoctenus|species= hubbsi| month = October | year = 2013}} The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Clark Hubbs (1921-2008).{{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 = 30 April 2019}}

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