Redstripe rockfish (Sebastes proriger)

Scientific name: Sebastes proriger Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

Redstripe rockfish (Sebastes proriger)

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

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Head spines weak - nasal, preocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines present, supraocular, coronal and nuchal spines absent. Notch on dorsal fin shallow; 2nd anal fin spine is of the same length or shorter than the 3rd. Caudal fin moderately indented. Light red and mottled with olive on back, lower sides flushed with yellow; light red stripe along lateral line; lips blackened; fins red with some light green or yellow.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes proriger
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
61.0
Depth range
12–425 m (39–1394 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 12 - 425 m, usually 183 - 274 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
North Pacific: Pribilof 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: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.15-0.18; tmax=55)

Sources

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

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