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California Academy of Sciences, California Coast Gallery

The Northern California Coast exhibit complements the California and Climate Change exhibit nearby. Visible from the main floor, a sandy flat and salt marsh remind us of the habitats, beauty, and services provided by San Francisco Bay. A level below, a floor-to-ceiling view into the ...more ↓

Starry Rockfish 1
Sebastes constellatus
Yellowtail Rockfish 1
Sebastes flavidus
Yelloweye rockfish 2
Sebastes ruberrimus
Kelp greenling 3
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Quillback Rockfish 1
Sebastes maliger
copper rockfish 4
Sebastes caurinus
Red Irish Lord 5
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Tiger Rockfish
Sebastes nigrocinctus
Gopher Rockfish 6
Sebastes carnatus
Vermilion Rockfish 1
Sebastes miniatus
china rockfish 7
Sebastes nebulosus
Rosy Rockfish 1
Sebastes rosaceus
Black rockfish 8
Sebastes melanops
Brown Rockfish 9
Sebastes auriculatus
Painted greenling 10
Oxylebius pictus
Canary Rockfish 11
Sebastes pinniger
Olive Rockfish 12
Sebastes serranoides
Peacock Wolfeel 13
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish 14
Sebastes chrysomelas
California Scorpionfish 15
Scorpaena guttata
Blue Rockfish 1
Sebastes mystinus
Bocaccio 1
Sebastes paucispinis
trompudo sargacero 16
Aulorhynchus flavidus
Threespine Sticklebacks 17
Gasterosteus
señorita piedrera
Halichoeres semicinctus
senorita 10
Oxyjulis californica
escorpión californiano 15
Scorpaena guttata
rocote bandera 18
Sebastes rubrivinctus
rocote presidiario 19
Sebastes serriceps
Kelp bass 15
Paralabrax clathratus
California sheephead 10
Semicossyphus pulcher
Monkey-faced Prickleback 20
Cebidichthys violaceus
High Cockscomb 21
Anoplarchus purpurescens
Penpoint Gunnel 22
Apodichthys flavidus
wooly sculpin
Clinocottus analis
Clinocottus globiceps
Saddled Blenny 23
Pholis ornata
Rockweed gunnel
Apodichthys fucorum

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