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Heterostichus rostratus (Giant kelpfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Giant Kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) is a species of clinid native to the west coast of North America where it is found from California to southern Baja California. It inhabits rocky areas with kelp and other large seaweeds. Its diet consists of small crustaceans, mollusks and fishes. This species can reach a maximum size of 61 centimetres (24 in) TL and has been reported to live for 4 years. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. It is currently the only known member of its genus.
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Infraspecies

Heterostichus rostratus guadalupensis
Heterostichus rostratus rostratus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Atrimitra idae (half-pitted miter)[1]
Brachyistius frenatus (Brown sea-perch)[1]
Oxyjulis californica (senorita)[1]
Pugettia producta (northern kelp crab)[1]

Predators

Paralabrax clathratus (Sea bass)[1]
Paralichthys californicus (Halibut)[1]
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant)[1]
Sebastes atrovirens (Rockfish)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Genitocotyle heterostichi[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0