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Rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) fish species and information / pictures of Rougheye rockfish - Sebastes aleutianus

Rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Sebastes aleutianus

Common Name
Rougheye rockfish

Biology
Usually found offshore (Ref. 27437). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

Classification

Classified By

Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads (Sebastidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea (but not in the Sea of Okhotsk), throughout the Aleutian Islands, and south to San Diego, California, USA.

Range

66°N - 31°N

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

25 m

Depth To - meters

900 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 25 - 900 m (Ref. 50610)

Trophic Level

3.65 s.e. 0.59 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

97.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100)

Resilience

Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tmax=205)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated