Calico surfperch

The Calico surfperch lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 0 - 9 m environment.

Piers: Calico Surfperch are the number one surf area fish caught on central California piers north of Cayucos. In the Pismo Beach-Cayucos area, large numbers of both barred surfperch and calico surfperch are caught; more barred surfperch are landed, but the calico surfperch will be slightly larger in size. More

change but leaves the Barred and Calico Surfperch to the mercy of anglers who keep anything from 2-inches up! According to marine biologist Dr. Milton Love, Redtails are all mature at 10-inches, Barred by 8-inches and Calicos are not known. More

just reported that he caught a Calico Surfperch on April 6, 2003 so that makes it a total of 5 reported. Craig has been grub and switching very effectively. More

Common names

calico surfperch in English
Calico-brændingsaborre in Danish (dansk)
mojarra angaripola in Spanish (español)
Perca in Spanish (español)
Szumien kaliko in Polish (polski)
柯氏双齿海鲫 in Mandarin Chinese
柯氏雙齒海鯽 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Embiotocidae
Genus : Amphistichus
Species : Amphistichus koelzi
Authority : Hubbs, 1933