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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 100 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate; 2°C - 17°C (Ref. 56557), preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan to Sakhalin, Primorskii Krai, and the southern Kuril Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 10.0, range 8 - 11 cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 56557)
Caught with bottom set nets. Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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