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The Giant Kelpfish is a species of clinid, native to the west coast of North America. It is found most commonly in the warmer waters of Point Conception, California, to southern Baja California. It inhabits rocky areas with dense canopies of microalga, giant kelp and other large seaweeds. It is also known that they may use Eelgrass or Surfgrass ...
The family contains about 86 species in 20 genera, the 60-cm-long giant kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) being the largest; most are far smaller. With small cycloid scales, clinoid blennies may have a deep or slender build; some members of the family bear the name "snake blenny" and "eel blenny" for this reason. Dorsal spines outnumber soft ...
Aquaculture of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, is the cultivation of kelp for uses such as food, dietary supplements or potash. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Giant kelp contains iodine , potassium , other minerals vitamins and carbohydrates .
Kelpfish may refer to: Chironemus, the only genus in the family Chironemidae, commonly referred to as kelpfishes Large kelpfish (Chironemus marmoratus), commonly known as the kelpfish; Gibbonsia, a genus of blennies from the family Clinidae, its members having the common name kelpfish Gibbonsia elegans, the spotted kelpfish
Macrocystis is a monospecific genus; the sole species is M. pyrifera.Some individuals are so huge that the thallus may grow to up to 60 m (200 ft). [6] The stipes arise from a holdfast and branch three or four times from near the base.
The large kelpfish (Chironemus marmoratus), the Eastern kelpfish, hiwihiwi, surgefish or kelpfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a kelpfish belonging to the family Chironemidae. It is found in southern Australia , and off the North Island of New Zealand , at depths down to 30 m.
The Giant kelp marine forests of south east Australia is a community extending from the ocean floor to the ocean surface, on a rocky substrate, and has a ‘forest-like’ structure with many organisms occupying its various layers, including pelagic and demersal fishes, sea birds, turtles and marine mammals in addition to the invertebrate ...
Paralabrax clathratus, the kelp bass, bull bass or calico bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, from the subfamily Serraninae, classified as part of the family Serranidae which includes the groupers and anthias.