Black Surfperch: The Kelp Bed's Plodding Picnicker
The black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) is the thick-lipped, slow-browsing seaperch of California kelp beds — live-bearing, territorial and endlessly photogenic.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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The black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) is the thick-lipped, slow-browsing seaperch of California kelp beds — live-bearing, territorial and endlessly photogenic.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The giant kelpfish changes colour to vanish among kelp blades. Identification, camouflage, behaviour and life cycle of this Southern California clinid.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) lives in the kelp canopy itself — a mottled, camouflaged hunter: identification, habitat, life history and where to see it.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) is a jawless, knot-tying deep-sea scavenger whose legendary slime and midnight carcass work keep the seafloor clean.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The pile perch (Rhacochilus vacca) is the big, deep-bodied seaperch of Pacific kelp forests and pilings — live-bearing, hard-shelled-prey crusher, diver favourite.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The shiner surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is the small, schooling seaperch of Pacific kelp beds and piers — a live-bearing forage fish worth knowing.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Meet the treefish (Sebastes serriceps) — the tiger-barred golden rockfish of California kelp reefs: identification, habitat, behaviour and conservation.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·