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Categories  >  Location  >  USA  >  California  >  Catalina Island   >    Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34617   Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34618   Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34619   Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34620   Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34621   Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi and gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Catalina Island, California, USA. Image ID: 34623   Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds, translucent, backlit by sun. Image ID: 23436   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23448   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23449   Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Self portrait, underwater swimming through kelp forest. Image ID: 23492   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23456   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 23457   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23472   Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, gas filled bladders float the kelp and leaf-like blades collect sunlight, underwater. Image ID: 23473   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23482   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23483   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi swims beside golden and red gorgonians, underwater. Image ID: 23484   Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Marine algae, various species, in shallow water underwater. Image ID: 23497   Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest canopy, sunlight filters through giant kelp as it grows up from the sea floor and spread out on the ocean surface, underwater. Image ID: 23502   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Golden gorgonian and kelp forest, underwater. Image ID: 23503   Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest is swept back by ocean currents, underwater. Image ID: 23512   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23517   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater. Image ID: 25424   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater. Image ID: 25425   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater. Image ID: 25426   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Southern sea palms, palm kelp, Marine algae, various species, in shallow water underwater. Image ID: 23526   Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23530   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Golden and red gorgonians, kelp forest in background, underwater. Image ID: 23531   Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23539   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, gas filled bladders float the kelp and leaf-like blades collect sunlight, underwater. Image ID: 23546   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

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Updated: March 2, 2021