10 articles
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 ·
How the kelp perch spends its whole life inside the kelp canopy — feeding, cleaning larger fish and raising live-born young — and what canopy loss means for it.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The rainbow seaperch is the most colourful fish in California kelp — a live-bearing surfperch in red, blue and gold that gives birth to fully formed young.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Rubberlip seaperch (Rhacochilus toxotes) species profile: the largest surfperch, with fleshy lips for picking invertebrates off rocks at the kelp forest edge.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Meet the striped seaperch, a live-bearing surfperch of Pacific kelp beds — and a close look at how viviparity works in a fish that births on the reef.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Meet the striped surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis), the copper-striped, blue-flecked surfperch of rocky shores and kelp beds from Alaska to Baja California.
Tom Okafor ·
Meet the kelp perch, a live-bearing surfperch that hovers in the kelp canopy, sips drifting plankton and picks parasites straight off larger fish.
Tom Okafor ·
Small, barred and easy to overlook, the reef surfperch works the noisy seam where kelp forest meets breaking surf — and gives birth to fully formed young.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Identifying the walleye surfperch: the big-eyed, silver schooler of kelp edges and sand flats, and a member of the ocean's great live-bearing family.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
How to identify the rainbow surfperch: pattern by pattern, season by season — and where to find this coral-coloured fish among the kelp beds and wharves.
Tom Okafor ·