Author: Gill, 1862
FBname: Kelp perch
Comments: Found among giant kelp, usually up in kelp canopy.  Feed on small crustaceans, especially ones that live on kelp.  Also a cleaner which picks external parasites from other fishes.  Usually occur in large aggregations in summer (Ref. 2850).  Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).