Black Rockfish
Sebastes melanops
(1,3,6: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 2,4-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 7: Lovers Point, Monterey)
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chrysomelas
(1,3,7: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2,4,6: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 5: Eel Point, San Clemente Island / 8: Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Blue Rockfish
Sebastes mystinus
(1-3,6-7: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 4: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 5: Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos / 8: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 2-3: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 4: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 5: Lovers Point, Monterey)
Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis
This is a juvenile:
(1: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Canary Rockfish
Sebastes pinniger
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Calico Rockfish
Sebastes dallii
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
(1,3-7: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2,8: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Gopher Rockfish
(1,4,7: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3: Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos / 5-6: West of Santa Barbara Island / 8: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
Similar copper rockfish has white fins instead of dark fins.
These are juveniles:
(1: Lovers Cove, Monterey / 2,4-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3: Nudibranch City, Santa Cruz Island)
Grass Rockfish
Sebastes rastrelliger
(1: Sea Landing Cove, Santa Barbara Island)
Halfbanded Rockfish
Sebastes semicinctus
(1-2,4: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
(1,3,7-8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2,4-5: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 6: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
Juveniles have a Y-shaped stripe on the rear part of their side:
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 2: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Sub-adults are more pinkish, and not striped:
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Olive Rockfish
Sebastes serranoides
(1: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Juveniles are slimmer and lighter, and look very similar to a yellowtail rockfish. Also compare to kelp bass.
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Rosy Rockfish
Sebastes rosaceus
This is a juvenile, at 80' depth:
(1: Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Adults usually hang out much deeper than that.
Treefish
Sebastes serriceps
(1: Ship Rock, Santa Catalina Island / 2: West of Santa Barbara Island / 3-4: Sutil Island, Santa Barbara Island / 5: Sea Landing Cove, Santa Barbara Island / 6: Aumentos Reef, Monterey)
Juveniles have brighter coloration:
(1-2: Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island / 3: Nudibranch City, Santa Cruz Island / 4: Flame Reef, Santa Cruz Island)
Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
(1,3-4,6-8: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 5: Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos)
Juveniles have half-clear fins:
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 2-4,6-7: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 5: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Sub-adults are in between juveniles and adults in appearance:
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Yellowtail Rockfish
Sebastes flavidus
(1,5-6: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2-4,8: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 7: Monastery Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
These are juveniles:
(1-8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
