Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)

Scientific name: Sebastes alutus Gilbert, 1890

Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)

The Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae.

Biology

Abundant in offshore waters. Young pelagic up to age 3. Grows slowly. Viviparous. Very important commercial rockfish in the North Pacific. Marketed as fillets. Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten fried, microwaved and baked.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes alutus
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
53.0
Depth range
0–825 m (0–2707 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 825 m, usually 165 - 293 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
North Pacific: Honshu, Japan to Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea (but not in the Sea of Okhotsk) and La Jolla, California, and along the Aleutians from Stalemate Bank and Bowers Bank to the Alaska Peninsula. Stocks have suffered severe population decline due to over overfishing.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Musick et al. 2000)

Sources

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

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