Scientific name:
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Distinctive features:
MALE:
1. Blue irregular spots on head and forebody, outlined by a few small, dark reddish brown spots. FEMALE:
2. Speckled with red-brown to gold spots over bluish white, fins generally yellow.
Size:
10-18 in. max. 2 ft.
Pair of small cirri above eyes and another tiny pair between eyes and dorsal fin. Five lateral lines. Abundant to common Alaska to central California, rare S. California.