Gray rockfish (Sebastes glaucus)

Scientific name: Sebastes glaucus Hilgendorf, 1880

Gray rockfish (Sebastes glaucus)

The Gray rockfish (Sebastes glaucus) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, Iwate Prefecture, Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk, the northern Sea of Japan, and the Bering Sea.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes glaucus
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Depth range
2–370 m (7–1214 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 370 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Iwate Prefecture, Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk, the northern Sea of Japan, and the Bering Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 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.

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