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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335); ruberrimus: From the Latin ruberrimus, meaning 'very red' (Ref. 27436).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 15 - 549 m (Ref. 27437). Subtropical; ? - 28°C (Ref. 131084); 60°N - 28°N, 170°W - 115°W
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 40.0, range 36 - ? cm
Max length : 104 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); poids max. publié: 17.8 kg (Ref. 40637); âge max. reporté: 118 années (Ref. 39247)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 16; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 5 - 8. Head spines very strong to strong - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines present, coronal and nuchal spines usually present (Ref. 27437). Raspy ridges on older fish (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 6885). Orange red to orange yellow in color; eye bright yellow; fins may have black tips; adults usually with light to white stripe on lateral line; juveniles with 2 light stripes, one on lateral line and a shorter one below lateral line (Ref. 27437).
Adults occur in rocky reefs and boulder fields (Ref. 27437), the young found in shallower regions (Ref. 27436). Adults feed on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 28499). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Sold as fillets (Ref. 6885).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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