Kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is mainly found over reef, rocky, at depths of ≤ 42 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes atrovirens · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 42 cm
The kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) is a small rockfish of the subfamily Sebastinae, part of the family Sebastidae, and like some other rockfish it can produce a low-frequency pulsing sound. It is native to the Pacific coast from Sonoma County, California, south to central Baja California and is the rockfish most closely tied to giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera): it lives in kelp beds and over rocky seabed in coastal water up to about 42 m deep, usually shallower than 12 m, and often rests on the kelp blades during the day, sometimes upside down. In the United States it is a regular part of the inshore rockfish bag for California anglers, most often taken from boats drifting or anchored over kelp and rock with squid or fish strips on a bottom rig, and also from breakwaters and piers with small jigs and soft plastics. It reaches about 42 cm.
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