| Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads), subfamily: Sebastinae |
| 97 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 900.0 g; max. reported age: 205 years |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 25 - 900 m |
| North Pacific: Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea (but not in the Sea of Okhotsk), throughout the Aleutian Islands, and south to San Diego, California, USA. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 12-14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 6-8; Vertebrae: 27-27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 8 head spines strong - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, coronal, parietal and nuchal spines; 2 or more infraorbital spines; differs from S. melanostictus by having a pale body with no distinct spots on the membranes of the spinous dorsal fin; shorter dorsal-fin spine 1, 1.5?3.0 times into orbit length, 4.3?7.2% SL (vs. 1.0?1.8 times into orbit length and 5.9?9.6% SL); shorter dorsal-fin spine 4, 9.8?15.5% SL (vs. 12.0?18.4% SL); shorter and fewer gill rakers, 3.4?6.3% SL (vs. 3.9?7.1% SL) and 29?34 (vs. 30?36), respectively (Ref. 87139). |
| Usually found offshore (Ref. 27437). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Type localities: Shelikof Strait, off Karluk, Kodiak I. USNM 48800 (lectotype of Sebastodes aleutianus); Yes Bay, USNM 57821 (holotype of Sebastodes swifti) (Ref. 87139). Known from the Bering Sea and throughout the Aleutian Is. to southeastern Alaska (Ref. 6793). Also Ref. 2850, 4925, 6876, 6885, 11366. |
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