Sebastes rastrelliger

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Sebastes rastrelliger
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S.rastrelliger
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Sebastes rastrelliger

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, Grass Bass, or 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.


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

References

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

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