Bay PipefishSyngnathus leptorhynchus
(1-2,4-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3,6-8: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
The closest we get to a seahorse in Monterey.
This one is pregnant. But with pipefish, the males carry the young: (1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey)
California LizardfishSynodus lucioceps
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Guadalupe CardinalfishApogon guadalupensis
(1: Hen Rock, Santa Catalina Island)
Ocean SunfishMola mola
(1,3: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2: Hopkins Deep, Monterey)
Sea lions will chew the fins off smaller sunfish and leave the rest of the fish, still alive but doomed: (1: Lovers Point, Monterey)
Pygmy PoacherOdontopyxis trispinosa
(1-3: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
TubesnoutAulorhynchus flavidus
(1: Monterey State Beach, Monterey / 2: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 3,5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 4,6-8: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
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