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Bait fish aggregate into a tight ball, likely driven to ocean surface by predatory fish below. Species unknown. Offshore San Diego.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07596  

Shiner perch.
Species: Shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata
Image ID: 07880  

Shiner perch.
Species: Shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata
Image ID: 07881  

Shiner perch.
Species: Shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata
Image ID: 08919  

A confusing cluster of spiny brittle stars.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Image ID: 08942  

Strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph).
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Image ID: 09011  

Shiner perch.
Species: Shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata
Image ID: 09811  

Shiner perch.
Species: Shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata
Image ID: 09812  

Sunburst anemone, sometimes considered a solitary nonclonal form of the aggregating anemone.
Species: Solitary anemone, Anthopleura sola
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10146  

Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10150  

Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10151  

Aggregating anemones. Arrayed in a clonal group, all of these anemones are genetically identical. San Nicholas Island.
Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10152  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10153  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10154  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10155  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10156  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10157  

Brittle sea stars (starfish) spread across the rocky reef in dense numbers.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10158  

Feather duster worm (left) and aggregating sea anemone (right).
Species: Feather duster worm, Anthopleura elegantissima, Eudistylia polymorpha
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10161  

A cluster of vibrantly-colored strawberry anemones (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) polyps clings to the rocky reef.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10166  

A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10171  

A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10172  

A painted greenling fish nestles among the many arms of a cluster of brittle sea stars (starfish) on a rocky reef.
Species: Painted greenling, Ophiothrix spiculata, Oxylebius pictus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 10173  

A raft of sea otters. A raft is a congregation of sea otters, usually in a resting mode. While rafting sea otters appear to suggest a tendancy toward a group social structure, sea otters can also be solitary animals.
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California
Image ID: 21726