Marine wildlife of Four Mile Beach
Four Mile beach on the isolated stretch of coast north of Santa Cruz is a great place for relaxing with the family, catching a few waves, and also seeing some amazing marine wild life. Over the last 10 or so years I have been surfing off and on at this beach and have seen most (if not all) of ...more ↓
California halibut
The California halibut or California flounder, Paralichthys californicus, is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California. It feeds near shore and is free swimming. It typically weighs 6 to 50 pounds (3 to 23 kg). It is much smaller than the larger and more ...more ↓
smelts and allies
Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the true or freshwater smelts and allies, such as the galaxiids and noodlefishes; they are also collectively called osmeriforms. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopterygii, which also includes pike and salmon, among others. The order's name means "smelt-shaped", from Osmerus (the type genus) + ...more ↓
Surfperches
The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera Ditrema and Neoditrema) are found in the northwest Pacific, and the tule perch is found in freshwater habitats in California, USA. The largest species in the family reaches 47 cm (19 in).
