Got a limit of some surf sheep yesterday. These fish are great eating, I'd say they're up there with halibut! It's going to be ceviche time soon. Fun fact about these fish is that they are all born female and the largest and most dominant female of the reef will convert itself into a male. As you see here, we have one fish that is gray and slightly pinkish and is beginning to have a more pronounced forehead. This fish was in the process of transitioning into a male. The other fish has a distinct black-red-black coloration and a defined forehead. This fish has already transitioned and is now a male.
Also, my last sheephead post got a bunch of comments saying that these aren't sheephead. These are indeed California Sheephead, I am in Southern California. Just to clear things up! Lots of different fish around the world have the same names.
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