Scientific Name
Sebastes rosaceus

Common Name
Rosy rockfish

Biology
Caught fairly often by sport fishers using small hooks (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

Classification

Classified By

Girard, 1854

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads (Sebastidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Pacific

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: Puget Sound, Washington, USA to central Baja California, Mexico; but doubtful north of California.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

15 m

Depth To - meters

128 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 128 m (Ref. 2850), usually 30 - 46 m (Ref. 2850)

Trophic Level

3.61 s.e. 0.56 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

36.0 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 vulnerability (58 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6; tmax=14)

Threat To Humans

Venomous (Ref. 4690)

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated