Ralph Pace / California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) female in kelp forest, San Diego, California

David Fleetham / Female sheephead fish (Semicossyphus pulcher) and gorgonian fan amongst giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Catalina Island, California, USA.

David Fleetham / Adult male sheephead fish (Semicossyphus pulcher) and garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) amongst giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Catalina Island, California, USA.

Claudio Contreras / Giant keyhole limpet (Megathura crenulata) and California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) vulnerable species, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California,...

Claudio Contreras / California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) among Southern Sea Palm (Eisenia arborea), San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, May. Vulnerable...

Claudio Contreras / California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher), San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, May. Vulnerable species.

Alex Mustard / Red gorgonians (Lophogorgia chilensis) growing beneath a Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, with female California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los...

Alex Mustard / Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) growing beneath a forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), with female California sheephead fish (Semicossyphus pulcher). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Island...

Norbert Wu / California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) male and female in Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, California

Pascal Kobeh / Kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) with a school of Blacksmith fish (Chromis punctipinnis), a Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) and two California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher), Californ...

Tom Vezo / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) with Gulf Butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus) in mouth, too large to swallow whole, the bird eventually pecked it into smaller pieces, Texas

Ralph Pace / California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) female, San Diego, California