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
Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though some include this in Scorpaenidae), most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. Most of the Sebastes species live in the north Pacific, although two (S. capensis and S. oculatus) live in the south ...more ↓
copper rockfish
The Copper rockfish, Sebastes caurinus, is a fish of the Sebastidae family (rockfish, rockcod and thornyheads).
Painted greenling
The painted greenling, Oxylebius pictus, is a marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Kodiak Island, Alaska to central Baja California. It can reach a total size of 25 cm and has seven vertical dark bands. It inhabits rocky areas usually shallower than 50 m. It feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, small molluscs and bryozoans.
