Channeled rockfish (Setarches guentheri)

Scientific name: Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Channeled rockfish (Setarches guentheri)

The Channeled rockfish (Setarches guentheri) is a marine fish of the family Setarchidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 6–13°C (43–55°F).

Channeled rockfish care at a glance

Temperature
6–13°C (43–55°F)

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6. Lateral line more or less a continuous trough covered by thin membranous scales, usually lost during capture. Second preopercular spine well developed, sub equal or longer than first and third. Pectoral rays 20-25, with a mode of 21 in Hawaii, 22 in the eastern Atlantic, and 23 in the western Atlantic. Interorbital width 7-9 % SL, narrower than in S. longimanus.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Setarches guentheri
Family
Setarchidae (Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Depth range
150–780 m (492–2559 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 150 - 780 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco, Madeira and Cape Verde to South Africa. Western Atlantic: USA to Brazil. Indo-West Pacific: Tanzania to South Africa, then India and Sri Lanka to the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, north to Japan, Fiji and Hawaii, south to the Philippines, Indonesia and western Australia. Eastern Pacific: Chile.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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