Fishing for Red abalone

Haliotis rufescens

The red abalone is the world's largest abalone, a marine snail with a broad, oval, brick-red shell bearing a row of open respiratory holes and a spiral of low ridges, lined inside with iridescent mother-of-pearl. A muscular foot clamps it to rocky reefs of the eastern Pacific. The shell reaches about 12 inches. It clings to rocks in kelp forests. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater

IUCN Status

Critically endangered

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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