What do garibaldi fish eat?

Garibaldi primarily feed on small crustaceans, such as amphipods and copepods found on rocky reefs and kelp forests. However, they are known to have a diverse diet and also consume other invertebrates like shrimp, mollusks and small fishes. Their specialized mouths allow them to extract small organisms from crevices and scrape off algae and other food from rocks. Young garibaldi often feed on zooplankton in the upper water column before transitioning to a benthic diet as they mature.