Kelp Rockfish Photos

Crevice rockfish.  Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs.  These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near.  This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on, Gibbonsia montereyensis, Monterey, California
Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 13711  
Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11867  
Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11868  
Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11869  
Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11870  
Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11871  
Crevice rockfish.  Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs.  These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near.  This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on, Gibbonsia montereyensis, Monterey, California
Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 13710  
Juvenile rockfish hiding amidst kelp holdfast, offshore drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Juvenile rockfish hiding amidst kelp holdfast, offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01262  
Drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02414  
Juvenile rockfish school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Juvenile rockfish school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07001  
Juvenile rockfish, drift kelp, San Diego, California
Juvenile rockfish, drift kelp.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00631  
Juvenile rockfish (likely species: treefish) among offshore drift kelp, Sebastes serriceps, San Diego, California
Juvenile rockfish (likely species: treefish) among offshore drift kelp.
Species: Treefish, Sebastes serriceps
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07074  
Kelp rockfish, Channel Islands, Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp rockfish, Channel Islands.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Location: California
Image ID: 07076  
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