Kelp Forest Ecology
Common Subtidal Fishes of Central California
Family Bothidae
Citharichthys stigmaeus (speckled sanddab)
Paralichthys californicus (california halibut)
Family Clinidae
Alloclinus holderi (island kelpfish)
Gibbonsia elegans (spotted kelpfish)
Gibbonsia montereyensis (crevice kelpfish)
Heterostichus rostratus (giant kelpfish)
Family Cottidae
Artedius corallinus (coralline sculpin)
Orthonopias triacis (snubnose sculpin)
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (cabezon)
Family Embiotocidae
Brachyistius frenatus (kelp surfperch)
Cymatogaster aggregata (shiner surfperch)
Embiotoca jacksoni (black surfperch)
Embiotoca lateralis (striped surfperch)
Hypsurus caryi (rainbow surfperch)
Rhacochilus toxotes (rubberlip surfperch)
Damalichthys vacca (pile surfperch)
Family Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammos decagrammus (kelp greenling)
Ophiodon elongatus (lingcod)
Oxylebius pictus (painted greenling)
Family Scorpaenidae
Sebastes atrovirens (kelp rockfish)
Sebastes carnatus (gopher rockfish)
Sebastes caurinus (copper rockfish)
Sebastes chrysomelas (black and yellow
rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (black rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (blue rockfish)
Sebastes nebulosus (china rockfish)
Sebastes paucispinis (bocaccio)
Sebastes pinniger (canary rockfish)
Sebastes serranoides (olive rockfish)
Family Anarhichadidae
Anarrhichthys ocellatus(wolf eel)
Family Kyphosidae
Girella nigricans (opaleye)
Medialuna californiensis (halfmoon)
Family Labridae
Oxyjulius californica (senorita)
Semicossyphus pulcher (california
sheephead)
Family Serranidae
Paralabrax clathratus (kelp bass)
Family Molidae
Mola mola (ocean sunfish)
Family Gobiidae
Coryphopterus nicholsii (blackeye
goby)
Lythrypnus dalli (blue banded goby)
Family Gobiesocidae
Rimicola muscarum (kelp clingfish)
Family Pomacentridae
Chromis punctipinnis (blacksmith)
Hypsypops rubicundus (garibaldi)
Family Carangidae
Trachurus symmetricus (jack mackerel)
Family Muraenidae
Gymnothorax mordax (california moray)
Family Myliobatidae
Myliobatis californica (bat ray)
Milton
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