Selected Nearshore Fishes of California SEE SECTIONS 1.90 AND 1.91 REGARDING THESE SPECIES
pinkish blotches
A. Bachar A. Bachar Monkeyface prickleback also known as Monkeyface eel Gopher rockfish
yellow bluish-white bright yellow stripe blotches speckles
A. Bachar A. Bachar
Black-and-yellow rockfish China rockfish longer shorter gill rakers brown or gill rakers black or greenish mottling gray mottling
A. Bachar
A. Bachar Kelp rockfish Grass rockfish
A. Bachar A. Bachar does not possess California scorpionfish scales Cabezon also known as Sculpin
A. Bachar A. Bachar
female male California sheephead
A. Bachar
female A. Bachar
A. Bachar Rock greenling Kelp greenling male also known as Sea trout Illustrations are not to scale TAKE AND POSSESSION Selected Rockfishes of California OF THESE SPECIES IS NOT ALLOWED lateral line clear/white
A. Bachar A. Bachar rough chin when straight-edged smooth slightly chin rubbed Vermilion tail fin Canary forked tail from back fin color varies to front from orange to raspy ridge deep red rounded above eye tail fin edges
A. Bachar
smooth A. Bachar chin Yelloweye Greenspotted
A. Bachar
A. Bachar Cowcod bronze spots Rosy on sides
DFG file photo jaw upturned Bronzespotted rarely seen in recreational catch A. Bachar
SEE SECTION 28.55(b)(1) Starry BAG LIMIT: ZERO FISH
A. Bachar A. Bachar mouth extends to rear Bocaccio mouth extends Chilipepper of eye also known as to mid-eye Salmon grouper
STATEWIDE BAG LIMIT: TWO FISH Illustrations are not to scale Note to Anglers: The illustrations in this booklet do not show all color variations or characteristics for each type of fish. Anglers are ultimately responsible for identifying the fish they catch. Selected Rockfishes of California
black spots on dorsal fin
A. Bachar A. Bachar
mouth extends Black rounded anal Treefish past eye fin
whitish blotches on back
A. Bachar A. Bachar
mouth extends Blue straight-edged Olive to mid-eye anal fin
high, spiny light brown to gray mottling dorsal fin on side
A. Bachar A. Bachar
Yellowtail Quillback
dark white band on lateral line brown spot
A. Bachar A. Bachar
bright Copper Brown white belly
Note to Anglers: The illustrations in this booklet do not show all color variations or characteristics for each type of fish. Anglers are ultimately responsible for identifying the fish they catch. Selected California Game Fish high arch in lateral line
A. Bachar large A. Bachar mouth w/ sharp teeth California halibut Barred sand bass
A. Bachar A. Bachar
Ocean whitefish Kelp bass high peak in dorsal fin
A. Bachar A. Bachar
White seabass Redtail surfperch dorsal fin relatively uniform in height
A. Bachar A. Bachar
Lingcod Calico surfperch
Illustrations are not to scale
TAKE AND POSSESSION OF THESE SPECIES IS NOT ALLOWED See Section 28.10(b) for possession requirements for giant sea bass taken off Mexico
adult
A. Bachar A. Bachar
Giant sea bass also known as Garibaldi Black sea bass
SEE SECTIONS 28.05 and 28.10 BAG LIMIT: ZERO FISH