Scientific Name
Sebastes cortezi

Common Name
Cortez rockfish

Biology
Adults are found at a depth between 200 and 1,100 m; larvae encountered near the surface; and juveniles sometimes mesopelagic (Ref. 9341). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

Classification

Classified By

Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads (Sebastidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Central Pacific

Distribution

Eastern Central Pacific: restricted to the Gulf of California along the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

Range

30°N - 24°N

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

200 m

Depth To - meters

1100 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 1100 m (Ref. 9341)

Trophic Level

3.58 s.e. 0.55 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

25.5 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

Unknown

Vulnerability

Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)