Semicossyphus pulcher; Sheephead Wrasse; <small>(shown with Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Pterygophora californica, Embiotoca jacksoni, Sebastes mystinus, Calliarthron cheilosporioides)</small>

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Semicossyphus pulcher; Sheephead Wrasse; (shown with Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Pterygophora californica, Embiotoca jacksoni, Sebastes mystinus, Calliarthron cheilosporioides)

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Semicossyphus pulcher
Sheephead Wrasse
(shown with Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Pterygophora californica, Embiotoca jacksoni, Sebastes mystinus, Calliarthron cheilosporioides)

Photographer: Joseph Dougherty

ID: 0000 0000 0204 0947 (2004-02-21)

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date of photo 2000

location Rocky reef in California giant kelp forest; Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. (Santa Barbara County, California, US)

species associated with this habitat: Macrocystis pyrifera Embiotoca jacksoni Pterygophora californica Anthopleura xanthogrammica Calliarthron cheilosporioides Sebastes mystinus Semicossyphus pulcher Scorpaenichthys marmoratus Taelia piscivora Pterygophora californica Sebastes atrov

camera Nikonos V

contributor's ID # 2000_10_01_02_17

photo category: Animal - Fish

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common names California Sheephead (ITIS ) Sheephead Wrasse (photographer)

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