Chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei)

Scientific name: Sebastes goodei Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890

The Chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sebastidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada to Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Biology

Adults frequent deep rocky reefs as well as sand and mud bottoms; young are pelagic and occur in shallower waters. Feed on euphausiids, krill, small squids and fishes. Viviparous, with planktonic larvae. Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten fried, boiled, microwaved and baked.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name: Sebastes goodei
Family: Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order: Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 56.0
Depth range: 0–425 m (0–1394 ft)
Environment: Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 425 m
Climate: Temperate
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada to Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24; tm=4; tmax=27; Fec=29,000)

Sources

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

Last updated 27 September 2026