Sebastes rastrelliger

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Sebastes rastrelliger
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S.rastrelliger
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Sebastes rastrelliger

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Sebastes rastrelliger is a species of fish in the rockfish family found in tide pools and on rocky bottoms in Eastern Pacific[1] It commonly known as a Grass Rockfish, Grass Rockcod and a Grassy. Lives in the benthic zone and feeds on crustaceans and small fish. This fish is an ambush predator and waits hiding in kelp, rocks and holes until prey passes by. Its coloration can very from a mottled sandy brown, to a reddish brown to a dark green, depending on where it is holding to structure and feeding.


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Grass Rock Fish (Sebastes rastrelliger) caught of the coast of Goleta California
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Small Grass Rockfish

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Sebastes rastrelliger" in FishBase. February 2007 version.

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Sebastes rastrelliger at Wikispecies