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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Julius B Phillips (d: 1905–retired 1968) worked at the California Division of Fish and Game for about 40 years. He was an expert on rockfish and the author of: A review of the rockfishes of California (1957). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 174 - 274 m (Ref. 2850). Deep-water; 37°N - 34°N, 122°W - 117°W
Eastern Central Pacific: Monterey Bay to Newport Beach in southern California, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 1.2 kg (Ref. 40637)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Occur usually on deep reefs (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Gamefish: yes
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