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[Black-and-Yellow Rockfish] [Black Rockfish] [Black Surfperch] [Blacksmith] [Blue Rockfish] [Brown Rockfish] [Cabezon] [California Sheephead] [Copper Rockfish] [Diamond Turbot] [Garibaldi] [Giant Kelpfish] [Halfmoon] [Horn Shark] [Kelp Bass] [Kelp Greenling] [Kelp Rockfish] [Kelp Surfperch] [Leopard Shark] [Monkeyface eel / prickleback] [Opaleye] [Pacific Sardine] [Painted Greenling] [Pile Surfperch] [Rainbow Surfperch] [Rubberlip Surfperch] [Senorita] [Shiner Surfperch] [Starry Flounder] [Striped Surfperch] [Swell Shark] [Treefish] [Wolf eel]

Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
Family: Scorpaenidae

VRML Black-and-Yellow Rockfish

Images: [Side] [Side] [Sitting on ledge]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Milton Love's lab] [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 38.7 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 11
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Black Rockfish
(Sebastes melanops)
Family: Scorpaenidae

Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

VRML Black Rockfish

Images:

Other Links: [Marine Sportfish Identification] [Kids fishing foundation] [Marine Resources Program]

Description
Size: 60.3 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 10
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Black Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
Family: Embiotocidae

VRML Black Surfperch

Images: [Side]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 10
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Blacksmith
(Chromis punctipinnis)
Family: Pomacentridae

VRML Blacksmith

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 30.5 cm
Speed: .7 m/s
Fin period: tail: 1.5 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 60 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: slow swim, non schooling
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 3
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: hovering in middle

Blue Rockfish
(Sebastes mystinus)
Family: Scorpaenidae

VRML Blue Rockfish

Images: [Aquarium placard] [Behind-side] [blowup] [Side] [Top side] [Side] [You talkin' to me]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Marine Resources Program] [Marine Sportfish Identification]

Description
Size: 53.3 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small fishes, jellyfish, crustaceans
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 80
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Brown Rockfish
(Sebastes auriculatus)
Family: Scorpaenidae

VRML Brown Rockfish

Images: [Side]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 53 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 5
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Cabezon
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
Family: Cottidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Cabezon

Images:

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Sportfish index] [Milton Love's lab] [Marine Sportfish identification]

Description
Size: 75 cm
Speed: sit on bottom
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: hides between rocks, sits on bottom
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along bottom, in between rocks

California Sheephead
(Semicossyphus pulcher)
Family: Labridae

VRML California Sheephead

Images: [Aquarium placard (male)] [Aquarium placard (female)] [underside (male)] [front (male)] [female] [sitting on a ledge (male)]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Vieja Valley School] [Sportfish index] [Marine Sportfish Identification]

Description
Size: to 91.4 cm
Speed: .3 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 10 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: hover or slow swim; usually swims with pectoral fins but will use tail for a short burst of speed
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 7
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along walls, in middle

Copper Rockfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
Family: Scorpaenidae

VRML Copper Rockfish

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [British Columbia Creature Page] [Marine Resources Program] [Marine Sportfish Identification] [Kids fishing foundation] [Milton Love's lab] [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 57.2 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 6
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Diamond Turbot
(Hypsopsetta gluttulata)
Family: Pleuronectidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Diamond Turbot

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 45.7 cm
Speed: sit on bottom
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: 0 sec
Fin range: tail: 0 deg, pectoral: 0 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: sits on bottom, buried in sand
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along bottom, buried in sand

Garibaldi
(Hypsypops rubicundus)
Family: Pomacentridae

VRML Garibaldi

Images: [Aquarium placard] [Turning] [Behind] [Top]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Vieja Valley School] [Sportfish index] [The virtual aquarium]

Description
Size: 35.6 cm
Speed: .5 m/s
Fin period: tail: .5 sec, pectoral: 3 sec
Fin range: tail: 75 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: slow swimmer, random direction, in/out from under left ledge
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 5
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: under left ledge

Giant Kelpfish
(Heterostichus rostratus)
Family: Clinidae

VRML Giant Kelpfish

Images: [Top] [Side]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Sportfish index] [Marine Sportfish identification] [Vieja Valley School]

Description
Size: 61 cm
Speed: .5 m/s
Fin period: tail: .5 sec, pectoral: 1 sec
Fin range: tail: 60 deg, pectoral: 60 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: slow swim back and forth in front of main windows
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 3
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In front of main windows

Halfmoon
(Medialuna californiensis)
Family: Kyphosidae

VRML Halfmoon

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [Marine Sportfish identification] [Sportfish index] [Vieja Valley School]

Description
Size: 48.3 cm
Speed: .7 m/s
Fin period: tail: 1.5 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 60 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: slow swim, non schooling
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 10
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: on top of left floor rocks

Horn Shark
(Heterodontus francisci)
Family: Heterodontidae

Photo courtesy of Jody L. Haynes

VRML Horn Shark

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [PBS Online] [Jody's Ich & Herp Page] [Richard Ellis Gallery of Sharks] [The virtual aquarium]

Description
Size: 96.5 cm
Speed: sit on bottom
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: 0 sec
Fin range: tail: 0 deg, pectoral: 20 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: hides between rocks, sits on bottom
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 7
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along bottom, in between rocks

Kelp Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
Family: Serranidae

VRML Kelp Bass

Images: [Kelp bass on left w/ Copper rockfish] [Top-side]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Sportfish index] [Marine Sportfish Identification]

Description
Size: 72.4 cm
Speed: Hover
Fin period: tail: 3 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 40 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, slow swimming
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 4
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Hover around kelp, in middle

Kelp Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
Family: Hexagrammidae

VRML Kelp Greenling

Images: [Aquarium placard] [Side]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [British Columbia Creature Page] [Kids fishing foundation] [Milton Love's lab] [Marine Sportfish identification]

Description
Size: 53.3 cm
Speed: 0 - .3 m/s
Fin period: tail: 1 sec, pectoral: 1 sec
Fin range: tail: 30 deg, pectoral: 65 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Slow swimming, sit on ledge
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 4
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: swim in front of upper level windows, sit on upper level window ledge

Kelp Rockfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
Family: Scorpaenidae

VRML Kelp Rockfish

Images: [Tank Placard] [In kelp] [Side] [Singing a song]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 42.5 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, hover vertical, sit on ledge, sit on rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 17
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Kelp Surfperch
(Brachysistius frenatus)
Family: Embiotocidae

VRML Kelp Surfperch

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 20
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Leopard shark
(Triakis semifasciata)
Family: Triakididae

VRML Leopard Shark

Images: [Aquarium placard] [Graphic design image] [right front] [underside] [rear] [left front] [underside] [turning]

Other Links: [www.calpoly.edu] [Milton Love's lab] [Birch Aquarium at Scripps] [The pelagic shark research foundation] [Fish Capsule Report for Biology of Fishes] [The virtual aquarium] [Sportfish index] [Marine Sportfish identification]

Description
Size: average size is 150 cm (male) and 180 cm (female)
Speed: .3 m/s
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 0 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 0 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: opportunistic feeders; feed on small organisms such as small fish, crustaceans, worms, and clams.
Swimming: non schooling,
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 12
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: perimeter, tends to stay near bottom, along windows, across all tank levels.

Monkeyface eel / prickleback
(Cebidichthys violaceus)
Family: Stichaeidae

VRML Monkeyface eel / prickleback

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 5
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Rubberlip Surfperch
(Rhcochilus toxotes)
Family: Embiotocidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Rubberlip Surfperch

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Sportfish index] [Milton Love's lab] [Marine Sportfish Identification]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Senorita
(Oxyjulis californica)
Family: Labridae

VRML Senorita

Images: [Aquarium placard] [Side]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Milton Love's lab] [Vieja Valley School]

Description
Size: 25.4 cm
Speed: .25 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: .5 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Usually swim slow or hover, usually only use pectoral fins for mobility,
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 132
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Middle, in kelp

Shiner Surfperch
(Cymatogaster aggregata )
Family: Embiotocidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Shiner Surfperch

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Marine Sportfish Identification]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Starry Flounder
(Platichthys stellatus)
Family: Pleuronectidae

VRML Starry Flounder

Images:

Other Links: [Kids fishing foundation] [Marine Sportfish Identification] [Marine Resources Program]

Description
Size: 91.4 cm
Speed: sit on bottom
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: 0 sec
Fin range: tail: 0 deg, pectoral: 0 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: sits on bottom, buried in sand
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along bottom, buried in sand

Striped Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
Family: Embiotocidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Striped Surfperch

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [UCSC Kelp Forest Ecology] [Milton Love's lab] [British Columbia Creature Page] [Link 2]

Description
Size: 39.4 cm
Speed: 0 - 1 m/s
Fin period: tail: 0 - 2 sec, pectoral: 2 sec
Fin range: tail: 90 deg, pectoral: 90 deg

Behaviors
Feeding: small crabs, shrimps, worms and molluscs
Swimming: Usually hovering, occasional short sprints
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 5
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Along floor, in kelp, in middle

Swell Shark
(Cephaloscyllium ventriosum)
Family: Scyliorhinidae

VRML Swell Shark

Images:

Other Links: [The journal of experimental biology] [PBS Online]

Description
Size: 99.1 cm
Speed: sit on bottom
Fin period: tail: 0 sec, pectoral: 0 sec
Fin range: tail: 0 deg, pectoral: 20 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: hides between rocks, sits on bottom
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 1
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: along bottom, in between rocks

Treefish
(Sebastes serriceps)
Family: Scorpaenidae

Photo courtesy of Milton Love (UCSB Marine Science Institute)

VRML Treefish

Images: [Aquarium placard]

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [Link 2]

Description
Size: 40.6 cm
Speed: hover
Fin period: tail: 2 sec, pectoral: 3.3 sec
Fin range: tail: 20 deg, pectoral: 80 deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: Hover, sit on ledge, hide in rocks
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 5
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: In kelp, on ledges, along walls, on floor

Wolf eel
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
Family: Anarhichadidae

VRML Wolf eel

Images:

Other Links: [Milton Love's lab] [British Columbia Creature Page] [Link 2]

Description
Size: 203.2 cm
Speed: 0.3 m/s
Fin period: tail: 3 sec, pectoral: n/a
Fin range: tail: 180 deg, pectoral: n/a deg

Behaviors
Feeding:
Swimming: mostly hides in walls, will occasionally swim with movement similar to a snake
Nocturnal:

Kelp tank Notes
Population: 2
Collision avoidance considerations:
Region of tank: Hides in rock walls

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