A fish available for sale at 7Seas Tropical Fish in San Pedro. (Pablo Goldstein / L.A. Material)
IF THERE’S A NEIGHBORHOOD in L.A. that’s synonymous with fish, it’s San Pedro. You can buy a whole yellowtail at 3 AM at the Saturday morning fish market. You can admire a California grunion, a fish that comes out of the water to spawn onshore, at the city-run Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
But for taking fish home alive, your best option in the neighborhood is 7Seas Tropical Fish: a 56-year-old exotic fish store owned and operated by the Marquez brothers, Adam, Fabian, and Juan. They’re second-generation owners whose father Adam Sr., a handyman who had been fixing the shop’s aquariums on the side, purchased the business in 1989 from a former proprietor.
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