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| SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Striped bass (striper, striped seabass). Image ID: 10978 Species: Striped bass, Morone saxatilis | Copperband butterflyfish. Image ID: 10996 Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus |
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| Lions cove yellow labido. Image ID: 11004 Species: Lions' cove yellow labido, Labidochromis | Atlantic sturgeon. Image ID: 11026 Species: Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | Arabian surgeonfish. Image ID: 11762 Species: Arabian surgeonfish, Acanthurus sohal |
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| Blue chromis. Image ID: 11775 Species: Blue chromis, Chromis cyanea | Flameback angelfish. Image ID: 11791 Species: Flameback angelfish, Centropyge aurantonotus | Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish. Image ID: 11817 Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis |
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| Royal gramma basslet. Image ID: 11829 Species: Royal gramma basslet, Gramma loreto | Sapphire devil (blue damselfish), female/juvenile coloration. Image ID: 11834 Species: Sapphire devil, Chrysiptera cyanea | White-tailed damselfish. Image ID: 11845 Species: White-tailed damselfish, Dascyllus aruanus |
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| Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 12885 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | King angelfish. Image ID: 12889 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer | King angelfish. Image ID: 12891 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer |
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| Juvenile Clarion angelfish. Image ID: 12901 Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis | Freckled porcupinefish. Image ID: 12909 Species: Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus | Honeycomb moray eel (tesselate moray). Image ID: 12920 Species: Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus |
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| Blackstripe surgeonfish. Image ID: 12963 Species: Blackstripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricaudas | Percula clownfish anemonefish. Image ID: 13673 Species: Percula clownfish, Amphiprion percula | Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes. Image ID: 13689 Species: Red Irish Lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus |
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| Wolf eel, although similar in shape to eels, is cartilaginous and not a true fish. Its powerful jaws can crush invertibrates, such as spiny sea urchins. It can grow to 6 feet (2m) in length. Image ID: 13702 Species: Wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus | 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. Image ID: 13711 Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis Location: Monterey, California, USA | Axolotl. Axolotls are neotenic, which means they attain reproductive maturity while still in their larval form. Axolotls are extremely endangered in the wild and protected by law. Image ID: 13983 Species: Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum |
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| French grunt. Image ID: 13985 Species: French grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum | Egg-yolk jellyfish, fried egg jelly. Image ID: 14035 Species: Fried egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica | Giant plumose anemone. Image ID: 14043 Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen |
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| Purple-striped jelly. Image ID: 14061 Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata | Sea nettles. Image ID: 14081 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Sea nettles. Image ID: 14083 Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens |
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