Author: Agassiz, 1853
FBname: Black perch
Comments: Adults chiefly live in rocky areas near kelp, occasionally over sand bottom of coastal bays and around piers and pilings, and rarely in surf.  Occur from intertidal areas to 46 m depth, but usually at about 6.1 m.  Usually form small groups.  Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).