''Brachyistius frenatus'', commonly known as the kelp perch, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
surfperch
The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera '' Ditrema'' and '' Neoditrema'') are found in the northwest Pacifi ...
native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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to
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
, Mexico where it is found in
kelp forests down to a depth of about . This fish is also known to be a
cleaner fish. This species can reach a length of
TL. It can also be found on display at public aquariums.
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Embiotocidae
Fish described in 1862
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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