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Fishes

Anemonefish

Anemonefish

Bat Ray

Bat ray

Bay pipefish

Bay pipefish

Big skate

Big skate

Blacktip reef shark

Blacktip reef shark

Broadnose sevengill shark

Broadnose sevengill shark

Cabezon

Cabezon

California barracuda ©Joe Swallia

California barracuda

California halibut

California halibut

California moray eel

California moray eel

California sheephead

California sheephead

Coralline sculpin

Coralline sculpin

Cownose ray

Cownose ray

Deep sea anglerfish

Deep sea anglerfish

Dolphinfish

Dolphinfish

Fanfin anglerfish

Fanfin anglerfish

Fangtooth

Fangtooth

Filetail catshark

Filetail catshark

Galapagos shark

Galapagos shark

Garibaldi

Garibaldi

Giant kelpfish

Giant kelpfish

Hatchetfish

Hatchetfish

Horn shark

Horn shark

Kelp bass

Kelp bass

Leafy sea dragon

Leafy sea dragon

Leopard shark

Leopard shark

Lingcod

Lingcod

Midwater eelpout

Midwater eelpout

Monkeyface-eel

Monkeyface-eel

Northern anchovy

Northern anchovy

Northern clingfish

Northern clingfish

Northern lampfish

Northern lampfish

Ocean sunfish

Ocean sunfish

Pacific angel shark

Pacific angel shark

Pacific blackdragon

Pacific blackdragon

Pacific bluefin tuna

Pacific bluefin tuna

Pacific bonito

Pacific bonito

Pacific electric ray

Pacific electric ray

Pacific hagfish

Pacific hagfish

Pacific sardines

Pacific sardine

Parrotfish

Parrotfish

Pelagic stingray

Pelagic stingray

Calico rockfish (sebastes dallii)

Rockfish

Rosy rockfish

Rosy rockfish

Sandbar shark

Sandbar shark

Speckled sanddab (citharichthys stigmaeus)

Sanddab

Scalloped hammerhead shark (sphyrna lewini)

Scalloped hammerhead shark

Señorita (oxyjulis californica)

Señorita

Shiner surfperch (cymatogaster aggregata)

Shiner surfperch

Shovelnose guitarfish

Shovelnose guitarfish

Slender snipe eel

Slender snipe eel

Soupfin shark

Soupfin shark

Southern stingray

Southern stingray

Spiny dogfish

Spiny dogfish

Spotted ratfish

Spotted ratfish

Squarespot

Squarespot

Swell shark

Swell shark

Tadpole snailfish

Tadpole snailfish

Topsmelt

Topsmelt

Great white shark

White shark

White sturgeon

White sturgeon

Whitetip reef shark

Whitetip reef shark

Wolf eel

Wolf-eel

Yellow-headed jawfish

Yellow-headed jawfish

Zebra moray eel

Zebra moray

Zebra shark

Zebra shark

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Animals

  • Birds
  • Fishes
    • Anemonefish
    • Bat ray
    • Bay pipefish
    • Big skate
    • Blacktip reef shark
    • Broadnose sevengill shark
    • Cabezon
    • California barracuda
    • California halibut
    • California moray eel
    • California sheephead
    • Coralline sculpin
    • Cownose ray
    • Deep sea anglerfish
    • Dolphinfish
    • Fanfin anglerfish
    • Fangtooth
    • Filetail catshark
    • Galapagos shark
    • Garibaldi
    • Giant kelpfish
    • Hatchetfish
    • Horn shark
    • Kelp bass
    • Leafy sea dragon
    • Leopard shark
    • Lingcod
    • Midwater eelpout
    • Monkeyface-eel
    • Northern anchovy
    • Northern clingfish
    • Northern lampfish
    • Ocean sunfish
    • Pacific angel shark
    • Pacific blackdragon
    • Pacific bluefin tuna
    • Pacific bonito
    • Pacific electric ray
    • Pacific hagfish
    • Pacific sardine
    • Parrotfish
    • Pelagic stingray
    • Rockfish
    • Rosy rockfish
    • Sandbar shark
    • Sanddab
    • Scalloped hammerhead shark
    • Señorita
    • Shiner surfperch
    • Shovelnose guitarfish
    • Slender snipe eel
    • Soupfin shark
    • Southern stingray
    • Spiny dogfish
    • Spotted ratfish
    • Squarespot
    • Swell shark
    • Tadpole snailfish
    • Topsmelt
    • White shark
    • White sturgeon
    • Whitetip reef shark
    • Wolf-eel
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    • Zebra moray
    • Zebra shark
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