Redbanded rockfish (Sebastes babcocki)

Scientific name: Sebastes babcocki Thompson, 1915

Redbanded rockfish (Sebastes babcocki)

The Redbanded rockfish (Sebastes babcocki) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae. Native range: North Pacific, Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain to San Diego, California, USA.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes babcocki
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
64.0
Depth range
49–625 m (161–2051 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 49 - 625 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North Pacific: Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain to San Diego, California, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tmax=106)

Sources

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

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