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- Code Number:
- AAAV06P05_12
- Title:
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Eye of a Monkeyface-eel, (Cebidichthys violaceus), Perciformes, Zoarcoidei, Stichaeidae
- Though young monkeyface-eels are hunters, they grow up non-aggressive, and become vegetarians that feed on mostly algae.
Habitat: Rocky Shores Diet: Juveniles eat Crustaceans and Algae. At two to three inches (5-7.5 cm), they become herbivores mostly. Size: to 80 cm (2.5 feet) long Range: southern Oregon to Baja California, rarely south of Point Conception
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Zoarcoidei Family: Stichaeidae Genus: Cebidichthys Species: Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854)
- Keywords:
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Eyes, the Optical System, sight, vision, Seeing, Looking, Looks, Actinopterygii, Saltwater Fish, Salt Water, Ray-finned Fishes, Sea, Water, ctinopterygi, Sealife, Ocean, Seawater, Fish, Vertebrate, Vertebrata, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Aquatic, Animilia, Animalia, Osteichthyes, Fauna, Identification, salinity, species, Scientific classification, life
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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