California Academy of Sciences, Rocky Reef Exhibit

Our latest addition to the California Coast exhibit is an astoundingly colorful, 2,000 gallon tank filled with vibrant brittle stars, painted greenlings, and rosy rockfish, giving visitors a glimpse into the vast array of fish and invertebrates that thrive in California's National Marine ...more ↓

Sebastes ¹

rocote rosado ²
Sebastes rosaceus

rocote falsa cabrilla ³
Sebastes serranoides

rocote reina
Sebastes elongatus

copper rockfish ⁴
Sebastes caurinus

Painted greenling ⁵
Oxylebius pictus

tubícola mancha singular
Neoclinus uninotatus

Rockfish ⁶
Sebastes chlorostictus

Crested goby ⁷
Rhinogobiops nicholsii

Pacific blood star ⁸
Henricia leviuscula

Mediaster aequalis ⁹

Orange Cup Coral ¹⁰
Balanophyllia elegans

Strawberry Anemone ¹¹
Corynactis californica

Balanus nubilus ¹²

Eudistylia polymorpha ¹³

Urticina lofotensis ¹⁴

Paracyathis stearnsi ³

Moon Jellyfish ¹⁵
Aurelia aurita

Camarón ¹⁶
Lysmata californica

Ophiothrix ¹²

Common Sun Star ¹⁷
Crossaster papposus

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