Monterey Bay Fish species identification

Black perch

thick yellow-orange lips and there may be a ‘mustache’ above the upper lip.

Coloration can be silvery, orange-brown, light tan, pale greenish-white, and even have a blue tinge. The anal and pelvic fins may be orange to red. The anal fin often has a narrow blue stripe along the base.

Speckled Sandab

Striped seaperch

Rubberlip seaperch

Pile perch

Rainbow surfperch

Olive rockfish

Blue rockfish

Black rockfish

Kelp rockfish

Gopher rockfish

Black and yellow rockfish

China rockfish

Copper rockfish

vermilion rockfish

Grass rockfish

Brown rockfish

Bocaccio

Kelp greenlings

Lincod

Cabezon

Horn shark

Barred sand bass

Senorita

California sheephead

Kelp bass

Garibaldi

Blacksmith

Opaleye

Sargo

Rock wrasse

Giant sea bass

Black-eyed goby

yellowtail rockfish

canary rockfish

Striped Surfperch

painted greenling

kelp perch

Rosy Rockfish

starry Rockfish

Half banded rockfish

Yelloweye Rockfish