CRFS Fish ID (Non-RFGEN)

• Showing barred and unbarred variations

• Bars and spots on sides, often unbarred

• No red in tail

• Length to 17”

Barred Surfperch (SPBAR)

• Longest dorsal fin spines much longer than soft rays

• Generally barred, not spotted

• Slightly more elongate than calico

• Length to 16”

Redtail Surfperch (SPRTL)

• Pronounced notch between dorsal fin soft rays and hard rays

• Longest dorsal hard rays and longest dorsal soft rays nearly equal in length

• Broken bars, spots on sides

• More disc-like in shape than SPRTL

• Length to 12.5”

Calico Surfperch (SPCAL)

(AKA: “Pogie”)

• Orange or yellow lips

• Dark “mustache” on upper lip

• Large scales below pectoral fin (→)

• Scales often with blue flecking

• Bluish-white line at base of anal fin

• Length to 15.5”

Black Surfperch (SPBLK)

• Largest ocean perch

• Thick, rubbery lips

• Silvery and brassy, often dark

• Length to 18.5”

Rubberlip Seaperch (SPRUB)

(AKA: “Split Tail”)

• Lower image shows post-mortem color

• Dark bar beneath dorsal fin

• First dorsal fin soft rays much longer than last dorsal hard rays (→)

• Often with yellow pelvic fin

• Deeply forked caudal fins

• Length to 17.5”

Pile Perch (SPPIL)

(AKA: “Split Tail”)

• Dark stripe at base of dorsal

• No dark bar below dorsal fin

• Often with dark spots near mouth

• Yellow at base of pelvic and anal fin

• Length to 12.5”

White Seaperch (SPWHT)

• Faint yellow bars on sides

• Males with yellow bars only in winter

• Length to 7”

• (Note to anglers: Not to be confused with other small, “shiny” perch)

Shiner Perch (SPSHR)

• Tail usually pinkish

• Silver, sometimes dusky on back

• Pelvic fins without black tips

• Often with dark patch at base of anal fin

• Length to 10.5”

Silver Surfperch (SPSIL)

(Showing barred and unbarred variations)

• Black tips on pelvic fins (→)

• Barred or unbarred

• Large eyes

• Length to 12”

Walleye Surfperch (SPWAL)

(Showing dark and light color variations)

• Orange and blue stripes

• Blue spots on head

• Length to 13”

Striped Seaperch (SPSTR)

• Fantastically colored

• Dark spot on soft dorsal fin rays and anal fins

• Area between pelvic and anal fins flat

• Barred and striped

• Length to 12”

Rainbow Seaperch (SPRBW)

• Mostly right-eyed

• Body large/thick; elongate diamond shape

• Caudal fin → Crescent shaped/indented near edges

• LL with high arch over pectoral fin

• Large mouth/maxillary extends to middle of lower eye

Pacific Halibut (HALPA)

• Mostly left-eyed/can be right-eyed

• Large mouth with maxillary extending below or beyond posterior part of eye

• Small eyes

• LL with high arch over pectoral fin

• No anal spine

• No accessory dorsal branch

• Caudal fin indented near top and bottom

California Halibut (HALCA)

• Mostly right-eyed

• Large mouth w/ 2 rows of teeth in upper jaw; posterior edge of lower jaw rounded

• LL w/ low curve

• No accessory dorsal branch

• Anal spine strong

• Caudal fin longest in middle / indented near edges (Double Truncate)

Petrale Sole (SOLPT)

• Mostly left-eyed

• Small mouth w/ small teeth

• Lower eye anterior to upper w/ diameter greater than snout length

• Snout rounded/blunt

• No anal spine

• LL nearly straight

• Caudal fin slightly rounded; almost square

Pacific Sanddab (DABPA)

• Mostly right-eyed

• First few dorsal fin rays elongate and mostly free of membrane

• Large mouth; maxillary extends below middle of lower eye

• LL w/ slight curve over pectoral fin

• Accessory dorsal branch present; short-moderate in length

• Rounded caudal fin

Sand Sole (SOLSD)

• Mostly right-eyed

• Small mouth w/ fleshy lips; maxillary extends below anterior edge of eye

• LL w/ high arch over pectoral fin

• Accessory dorsal branch present; short

• Dorsal and anal fins have dark blotches or bars

• Caudal fin rounded or in shape of broad V

Rock Sole (SOLRK)

• Mostly right-eyed

• Large mouth w/ prominent teeth

• Upper eye visible from blind side

• Maxillary extending below or beyond posterior part of eye

• No accessory dorsal branch

• LL nearly straight w/ slight curve over pectoral fin

• Caudal fin crescent-shaped

• Properly curved

Arrowtooth Flounder (FLRAR)

• Fins w/ white to yellow bars to orange bars w/ black bars

• Caudal fin nearly square to slightly rounded

• Scales rough/star like

• Small mouth; maxillary extends below anterior part of lower eye

• LL w/ slight curve over pectoral fin

Starry Flounder (FLRST)

Chinook Salmon (SALCK)

Coho Salmon (SALCO)

Brown Smoothhound (SHBSM)

Gray Smoothhound (SHGSM)

Leopard Shark (SHLEP)

Seven gill Shark (SHSEV)

Pacific Angel Shark (SHANG)

Sixgill Shark (SHSIX)

Horn Shark (SHHRN)

Swell Shark (SHSWL)

Spiny Dogfish (SHSDG)

Soupfin Shark (SHFIN)

Blue Shark (SHBLU)

Common Thresher Shark (SHTHR)

Shortfin Mako Shark (SHSMK)

White Shark (SHWHT)

Longnose Skate (SKLGN)

Big Skate (SKBIG)

California Skate (SKTCA)

Round Stingray (SGRND)

Bat Ray (RYBAT)

Thornback (THRBK)

Shovelnose Guitarfish (GUISH)