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Embiotocidae
kelp perch
Brachyistius frenatus
A live bearing fish of the giant kelp beds
kelp perch is a marine fish found around Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 22 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Embiotocidae
- Genus
- Brachyistius
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: northern British Columbia, Canada to central Baja California, Mexico, including Guadalupe Island, off north central Baja California.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

