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Kelp Perch
Brachyistius frenatus Gill, 1862
Also calledVieja-do-kelp (por) · mojarra sargacera (spa) · perche de varech (fra) · Брахиист (rus) · 短鰭海鯽 (zho)
First described in: Gill, T.N. (1862). Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 14: 274-282.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Kelp Perch or Kelp Surfperch. To 21.6 cm (8.5 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Near Sitka, south-eastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Bahía Tortugas, central Baja California, including Isla Guadalupe (Miller and Lea 1972). Depth: intertidal to 76 m (249 ft) (min.: Hubbs and Hubbs 1954; max.: M. L., unpubl. data); primarily at middepths among columns of giant kelp (particularly Macrocystis) (Hubbs and Hubbs 1954). Brachyistius aletes Tarp, 1952 is a synonym (Longo et al. 2018).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2389277.