Sheep-head Wrasse Photos

California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23421  

Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23528  

Gorgonians grow on rocky reef, kelp forest and a white boat floating on the surface can be seen in the background, underwater.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23537  

Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23586  

Juvenile sheephead wrasse.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 14001  

Sheephead wrasse, female.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 14036  

Juvenile sheephead wrasse.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 14944  

California sheephead, adult male.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01936  

Juvenile sheephead, Farnsworth Banks.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05184  

California sheephead, juvenile.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 00371  

California sheephead, gorgonian.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01124  

California sheephead, juvenile.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01935  

California sheephead and gorgonian amid kelp forest.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 04647  

California sheephead, adult male.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 07072  

California sheephead, male.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 01125  

California sheephead, female.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01937  

Sheephead and sponges, Bens Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 02379  

California sheephead, gorgonian.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03456  

Sheephead and starfish, Roca Ben.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 03733  

Sheephead and sulfur sponges, Roca Ben.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 03734  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05174  

Sheephead.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: California
Image ID: 05182  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05185  

Juvenile sheephead wrasse.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Image ID: 08647  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration (a juvenile or female is partially seen to the right).
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09624  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09625  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09626  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09627  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09628  

Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09629