Sebastes chrysomelas; Black-and-yellow Rockfish; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Urticina+lofotensis&title_tag=Urticina+lofotensis>Urticina lofotensis</a>)</small>

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Sebastes chrysomelas; Black-and-yellow Rockfish; (shown with Urticina lofotensis)

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Sebastes chrysomelas
Black-and-yellow Rockfish
(shown with Urticina lofotensis)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0597 (2005-03-19)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1986

latitude 36.54760 longitude -121.92494 max error distance 4877 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Scorpaenidae

order Scorpaeniformes

class Osteichthyes

habitat Subtidal

notes These rockfish settle out of the plankton as large larvae, usually in kelp forests. As adults they remain as solitary individuals in the kelp forest feeding on crabs, shrimps, small fish, and octopi. Their biology is similar to that of gopher rockfish differing principally in color. Depth 18 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Fish

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common names Black-and-yellow Rockfish (ITIS ) Black-and-yellow Rockfish (photographer)

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