, including rocky, muddy and sandy bottoms, and kelp beds. Fishing technique Cabezon feed on crustaceans, mollusks, fish and fish eggs. Cabezon are taken as a game fish, but their roe is toxic to humans, because of the occurrence of a toxic phospholipid (Dinogunellin). Cabezon inhabit the tops of rocky ledges as opposed to rockfish and lingcod, which usually inhabit the sheer faces of these features. References http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/speciesid/fish_page/fish66a.html International Game Fish Association "World Saltwater Records" Occurrence of a toxic phospholipid in cabezon roe Cottoidea Western North American coastal fauna Fish described in 1854