Species Type:
Fishes
Common Name(s):
Rainbow seaperch
Size:
These fish can grow to a max length of nearly 12 inches (30 centimeters).
Diet:
These fish eat crustaceans and other invertebrates on the bottom.
Range & Habitat:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, from nothern California's Cape Mendocino south to Baja California, Mexico.
Details:
This fish has vibrant golden-brown bars and stripes on its silver body, with irregular blue stripes on and near the head, and a dark spot on its dorsal and anal fins. Its body is flattened on the sides and its tail is forked.
itis.gov
Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network
FishBase, referencing original source: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Stanford University