vermilion rockfish
Sebastes miniatus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Also calledrocote bermejo (spa) · sébaste vermillon (fra)
Sebastes miniatus, the vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, red rock cod, and rasher, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America from Baja California to Alaska.
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description
Vermilion Rockfish. To 76 cm (30 in) TL (Phillips 1957). Zaikof Bay, Montague Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska (O’Connell et al. 1992) to Islas San Benito, central Baja California (Chen 1971). Benthic; depth: juveniles in shallow water (M. L., unpubl. data); adults 12 – 478 m (39 – 1,568 ft) (min.: O’Connell et al. 1992; max.: Bradburn et al. 2011). A single juvenile was captured in a Fort Bragg, northern California, tide pool (Craig et al. 2017). Note, this “ taxon ” is composed of two species, Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and the tentatively denoted Sebastes crocotulus, Sunset Rockfish (Hyde et al. 2008). Because of previous confusion between the two species, the precise maximum sizes, geographic ranges, and depth ranges of each species is unknown. Genetically identified S. miniatus are known from Neah Bay, Washington to Punta Baja, northern Baja California and S. crocotulus from Monterey, central California to Colnett Bank, northern Baja California.
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Description
Sebastes miniatus has a rather stocky body shape with the depth of the body being equivalent to just under two fifths of its standard length. It has moderately robust to weak spines on its head, the nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines being always present, the nuchal spine usually being absent and the coronal spine never being present. The dorsal fin is continuous with a deep notch separating the spiny and soft rayed parts with the spiny part has a longer base than the soft rayed part with deep incisions on the membranes between the spines. There are 13 spines and 13 to 15 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 7 soft rays. The lower jaw is rough with large scales. It has deep caudal peduncle and the caudal fin has a slight fork. This species attains a maximum total length of 91 cm (36 in) and a maximum published weight of 6.8 kg (15 lb).
The color of this species varies from dark red to vermilion with gray or black spotting on the back and flanks. Smaller fishes may have a more mottled pattern than larger fishes. The mouth is red mouth and the red fins are frequently have black margins, again more typical in smaller fishes. Larger individuals show indistinct dark markings on the head and back. There are three indistinct yellow or orange stripes radiating from the eyes. …
Range & habitat
Sebastes miniatus occurs in the eastern Pacific from San Quintin, Baja California in Mexico north to Prince William Sound in Alaska. It is found in and around rocky reefs at depth from 6 to 250 m (20 to 820 ft).
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2335381.