Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 90 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 11°C - 19°C (Ref. 131086); 39°N - 26°N, 124°W - 113°W
Eastern Central Pacific: San Francisco in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)
Occur in rocky areas, usually in crevices (Ref. 2850). Territorial (Ref. 2850). Adults feed on tiny fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 131086). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
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