Search results for California Sheephead

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California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Gorgonians grow on rocky reef, kelp forest and a white boat floating on the surface can be seen in the background, underwater, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Juvenile sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Sheephead wrasse, female, Semicossyphus pulcher
Juvenile sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
California sheephead, adult male, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Juvenile sheephead, Farnsworth Banks, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
California sheephead, juvenile, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
California sheephead, gorgonian, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California sheephead, juvenile, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
California sheephead and gorgonian amid kelp forest, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
California sheephead, adult male, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
California sheephead, male, Semicossyphus pulcher, Santa Barbara Island
California sheephead, female, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Sheephead and sponges, Bens Rock, Semicossyphus pulcher
California sheephead, gorgonian, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Sheephead and starfish, Roca Ben, Semicossyphus pulcher
Sheephead and sulfur sponges, Roca Ben, Semicossyphus pulcher
Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
Sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher
Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island
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