CRFS D6 - SPFAM & FLTOR

Barred Surfperch

(AKA: “CA Perch”)

• Showing barred and unbarred variations

• Bars and spots on sides, often unbarred

• No red in tail

• Length to 17”

Redtail Surfperch

• Longest dorsal fin spines much longer than soft rays

• Generally barred, not spotted

• Slightly more elongate than calico

• Length to 16”

Calico Surperch

• 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”

Black Perch

(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”

Rubberlip Seaperch

• Largest ocean perch

• Thick, rubbery lips

• Silvery and brassy, often dark

• Length to 18.5”

Pile Perch

(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”

White Seaperch

(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”

Shiner Perch

• 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)

Silver Surfperch

• 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”

Walleye Surfperch

(Showing barred and unbarred variations)

• Black tips on pelvic fins (→)

• Barred or unbarred

• Large eyes

• Length to 12”

Striped Seaperch

(Showing dark and light color variations)

• Orange and blue stripes

• Blue spots on head

• Length to 13”

Rainbow Surfperch

• 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”

Pacific Halibut (HALPA)

• 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

California Halibut (HALCA)

• 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

Petrale Sole (SOLPT)

• 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)

Pacific Sandab (DABPA)

• 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

Sand Sole (SOLSD)

• 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

Rock Sole

• 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

Arrowtooth Flounder (FLRAR)

• 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

Starry Flounder (FLRST)

• 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