WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Kelp Bass

Paralabrax clathratus

Also known as: Calico Bass, Cod, Hind, Rock Sea Bass, Rockcod, Tangbar, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@grold44 · del mar rivermouth, United States · September 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found singly, usually close to kelp beds, throughout the water column in shallow to deeper waters of reefs.

Groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
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Found singly, usually close to kelp beds, throughout the water column in shallow to deeper waters of reefs.

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Adult photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familySerranidae
    6. genusParalabrax
    7. speciesParalabrax clathratus (Girard, 1854)

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    More in the family

    Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets (Serranidae)