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Updated 12/9/2012

Family Serranidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Paralabrax clathratus

Juvenile, Rock Quarry, Catalina, CA, 45 feet

 

Long Point, Catalina, CA, 30 feet

Goldfish Bowl, Anacapa, CA, 20 feet

KELP or CALICO BASS

Common in kelp forests & rocky reefs.  Excellent food fish.  Attains 29 inches but usually much less.  Outer Baja California to the Columbia River.