Image of Black-and-yellow rockfish
Description:
These rockfish settle out of the plankton as large larvae, usually in kelp forests. As adults they remain as solitary individuals in the kelp forest feeding on crabs, shrimps, small fish, and octopi. Their biology is similar to that of gopher rockfish differing principally in color. Depth 18 m.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenoidei
- Sebastidae (rockfishes)
- Sebastes (Rockcod)
- Sebastes chrysomelas (Black-and-yellow rockfish)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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