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Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 11:23 am

Rockfish Ninja

Posts: 469

Hey PFIC, haven't posted in a great while, not planning to take up posting reports again, but ran across a rare little guy the other day and thought I'd share a couple pics.

I had read about the rare red Cabezon, and have caught hundreds of gray, brown & blue-ish ones but never a red. Released and hoping he fertilizes many eggs out there.

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Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 8:10 pm

Trumbo

Posts: 866
Location: East bay

Wow. That cab looks trippy. I too don't plan on you know what.

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 9:06 am

Shantih

Posts: 5

Looks a lot like a Red Irish Lord. Dorsal fin is uneven. Cirrus is not pronounced. Snout looks more like a RIL than a cabezon. Pretty fish.

I could be wrong. Only suggesting an alternative. Interesting tidbit: 90% of red cabezon are males.

Props on the release.
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 11:49 am

red fish

Posts: 2651
Location: Berkeley Pier

Shantih wrote:

Looks a lot like a Red Irish Lord. Dorsal fin is uneven. Cirrus is not pronounced. Snout looks more like a RIL than a cabezon. Pretty fish.

I could be wrong. Only suggesting an alternative. Interesting tidbit: 90% of red cabezon are males.

Props on the release.

Okay, from my online research:
I'll go with red cabezon (because there is a clear picture of the lower lip and does not look the same as Irish lord.)
Also I believe >90% less than 90% or red cabezons are male.

Milton Love ❤️ in the house?
Or Clayman?
Or KJ?
SS?
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 12:45 pm

Rockfish Ninja

Posts: 469

red fish wrote:

Shantih wrote:

Looks a lot like a Red Irish Lord. Dorsal fin is uneven. Cirrus is not pronounced. Snout looks more like a RIL than a cabezon. Pretty fish.

I could be wrong. Only suggesting an alternative. Interesting tidbit: 90% of red cabezon are males.

Props on the release.

Okay, from my online research:
I'll go with red cabezon (because there is a clear picture of the lower lip and does not look the same as Irish lord.)
Also I believe >90% less than 90% or red cabezons are male.

Milton Love ❤️ in the house?
Or Clayman?
Or KJ?
SS?

Red Irish Lord has a mottled red pattern, Red Cab does not, I've already got an email off to Dr Love the day I caught it, when he gets back in he'll confirm it.

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 1:18 pm

Ken Jones

Posts: 9780
Location: California

I've caught several that were reddish colored although I've seen them in a variety of colors—nearly black, gray, greenish-yellow, brown, blue and reddish. Yours is unusual in that it doesn't have spots.

Here's a small one from the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey.

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