Kelp Rockfish Photos

Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 13711  

Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11867  

Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11868  

Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11869  

Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11870  

Kelp rockfish.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Image ID: 11871  

Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 13710  

Juvenile rockfish hiding amidst kelp holdfast, offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01262  

Drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02414  

Juvenile rockfish school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07001  

Juvenile rockfish, drift kelp.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00631  

Juvenile rockfish (likely species: treefish) among offshore drift kelp.
Species: Treefish, Sebastes serriceps
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07074  

Kelp rockfish, Channel Islands.
Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens
Location: California
Image ID: 07076