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Painted greenling Oxylebius pictus
and nudibranch Triopha catalinae
I didn't notice the nudibranch as I photographed this fish
juvenile California sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
these juveniles are very skittish & hard to photograph
juvenile California sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
this fish was hiding behind & around this anemone
a well-camouflaged moss crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus
that's one of its legs out front, along the top of the photo... you can see its orange-rimmed eye above its claw tip
cup coral Balanophyllia elegans
and sulfur sponge Cliona celata