Squarespot rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi)

Scientific name: Sebastes hopkinsi Cramer, 1895

Squarespot rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi)

The Squarespot rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes hopkinsi
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
29.0
Depth range
18–183 m (59–600 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 18 - 183 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Farallon Islands (off San Francisco) in California, USA to central Baja California and Guadalupe Island (off north central Baja California) in Mexico; rare north of Monterey Bay, California.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=19; tm=5)

Sources

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

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