Image of Kelp rockfish
Description:
Usually a solitary fish found in the kelp forest with a home range of only a few meters. They feed at night on small creatures inhabiting the substratum. Length about 20 cm. Depth about 10 m.
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- Sebastes (Rockcod)
- Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp rockfish)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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