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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 25 - 600 m (Ref. 6793), usually 76 - ? m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 66°N - 32°N
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 34.2, range 24 - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27437); max. reported age: 105 years (Ref. 55644)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 13;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-14;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 5 - 7. Head spines strong to moderate - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal and nuchal spines present, coronal spines absent; second anal fin spine shorter than third (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin moderately indented (Ref. 6885). Deep bodied, pinkish with 4 or 5 dark patches on back, 3 under spinous dorsal, 1 under caudal peduncle (Ref. 27437).
Northeast Pacific: southeast of Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea to Santa Catalina Island, California, USA.
Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).
Allen, M.J. and G.B. Smith, 1988. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and northeastern Pacific. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 66, 151 p.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00806 (-0.14916 - 0.16527), b=3.14 (3.05 - 3.23), based on LWR estimates for this genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.09(?); tm=5.1-8.4; tmax=105; Fec=19,815).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100) .