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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335); brevispinis: From the Latin brevis and spinus, meaning 'short' and 'spine' (Ref. 27436).
More on author: Bean.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 375 m (Ref. 6793). Subtropical; 60°N - 23°N, 178°W - 110°W
Northeast Pacific: Bering Sea coast of Alaska (Ref. 27436) to Baja California, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 46.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 71.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 4.7 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 82 years (Ref. 39247)
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Head spines weak - nasal, preocular and parietal spines present, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). Lower jaw long and protruding beyond upper jaw; distinct symphyseal knob; maxillary extends to rear of orbit (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin indented (Ref. 6885). Greenish to silver gray, white tinged with orange or pink ventrally; lips dusky (Ref. 27437).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Occur just above the bottom, sometimes found in rocky caverns and crevices (Ref. 27436). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 6885). Rarely caught by anglers (Ref. 27436). Filleted and sold indiscriminately with other rockfish; flavor and texture of flesh particularly good (Ref. 27436).
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 4.1 - 8.6, mean 5.8 °C (based on 200 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00607 - 0.01808), b=3.05 (2.90 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.07-0.10; tmax=82).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 40.4 [12.5, 128.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.658 [0.269, 1.708] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.3, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.685 [0.299, 1.567] g/100g; Selenium = 89.2 [32.2, 279.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18 [6, 54] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.466 [0.237, 0.884] mg/100g (wet weight);
