The freaky fish lives in the western Atlantic Ocean. You might find a California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) like this one roaming the rocky reefs and kelp forests that line the shore from ...

All fish share two traits: they live in water and they have a backbone—they are vertebrates. Apart from these similarities, however, many of the species in this group differ markedly from one ...

(Pierpoint Landing)--193 anglers (6 boats): 8 yellowtail, 1 white seabass, 41 barracuda, 101 calico bass, 1,071 sand bass, 175 whitefish, 12 sculpin, 64 sheephead, 110 perch. SEAL BEACH (Big Fish ...

In the Channel Islands offshore Southern California, the sheephead fish population has bounced back from overfishing since marine protected areas were established around the islands in 2002.