Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: from Japan to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and the Yellow and Pohai Sea coasts of China.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 40637)
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: cranium armed dorsally with robust preocular, supraocular, postocular, and parietal spines; concave interorbital space; lower jaw scaleless and shorter than upper jaw; base of entire spinous portion of dorsal fin densely covered with minute scales; body with 3 dark brown saddles and lacking yellow or brownish-red markings on dorsum when fresh; dark spots on soft-rayed portion of dorsal and anal fins, and caudal fin (Ref. 93737).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits shallow rocky reefs (Ref. 42552). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kai, Y. and T. Nakabo, 2013. Taxonomic review of the Sebastes pachycephalus complex (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa 3637(5):541-560. (Ref. 93737)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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