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Gulf butterfish form large loose schools across the continental shelf over sand/mud bottoms; depth ranges from 2 to 275 m at least, but are most abundant at 155 to 225 m. They are found near the bottom during the day, and migrate into the water column at night. Juveniles are often found under floating weeds and with jellyfish. [3]
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Fish of the Gulf of California — a gulf/sea of the Pacific Ocean in northwestern Mexico. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. H ...
It is bordered by the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa with a coastline of approximately 4,000 km (2,500 mi). Rivers that flow into the Gulf of California include the Colorado, Fuerte, Mayo, Sinaloa, Sonora, and the Yaqui. The surface of the gulf is about 160,000 km 2 (62,000 sq mi).
Baja California was mistakenly thought to be an island rather than a peninsula. The Californias region, which comprises California and the Baja California Peninsula, includes many coastal islands in the Pacific Ocean. California is in the United States; and the Baja California Peninsula includes the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and ...
Peprilus paru, (harvestfish or American harvestfish; [1] syn. Peprilus alepidotus), [2] also occasionally known by a few local names as star butter fish or sometimes even simply as butterfish, is a marine, benthopelagic, circular-shaped and deep-bodied fish classified in the family Stromateidae of butterfishes.
Yellowtail rockfish over boot sponges in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sacntuary.. The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (formerly Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary) protects the wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources of one of the most diverse and bountiful marine environments in the world, an area of 3,295 square miles off the northern and central ...
Island Image Coordinates Counties Description Bird Rock: 5]: Marin : Small Pacific island west of Tomales Point, primarily a seabird colony. It covers 2 acres (0.81 ha). : Hog Island (Tomales Bay): Marin : A 2-acre (0.81 ha) island in Tomales Bay. : Año Nuevo Island: 6]: San Mateo : Small Pacific island, about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long, near Año Nuevo (New Year's) Point, south of the Golden ...