Species: Tomicodon vermiculatus, Vermiculate clingfish

Tomicodon vermiculatus Briggs, 1955

Vermiculate clingfish

Body relatively slender, elongate, head relatively slender  (both viewed from above); front nostril with medium (height a little > diameter of nostril) skin flap; rear nostril above front edge of eye; 4 pairs of upper & 3 pairs of lower 3-pointed incisors, followed, on each jaw, by 2 large canines; anus nearer anal fin origin than sucker; pectoral 20 rays; only a small fleshy swelling at pectoral base; sucker disc with broad patch of papillae at front, no papillae in center, 6 rows of papillae across rear section; dorsal 7 rays; anal 7 rays; tail 8 rays.