Cortez rockfish (Sebastes cortezi)

Scientific name: Sebastes cortezi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

The Cortez rockfish (Sebastes cortezi) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, restricted to the Gulf of California along the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

Biology

Adults are found at a depth between 200 and 1,100 m; larvae encountered near the surface; and juveniles sometimes mesopelagic. Viviparous.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name: Sebastes cortezi
Family: Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order: Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 25.5
Depth range: 200–1100 m (656–3609 ft)
Environment: Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 1100 m
Climate: Deep-water
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: restricted to the Gulf of California along the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans: Harmless
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

Last updated 27 September 2026