Image of Cabezon

Description:
This is a male cabezon--females generally are green. Cabezon lack scales and have skin flaps over their snout and eyes. They often take shelled animals such as crabs, abalone and other snails but also squid, octopus, and fish. Depth 20 m.
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- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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- Neoteleostei
- Perciformes
- Cottioidei
- Scorpaenichthys
- Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Cabezon)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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