Sebastes dallii
Calico Rockfish
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Scorpaeniformes (Lionfish, Stonefish and others)
Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes)
Sebastes
Sebastes dallii (Calico Rockfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal. Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36715).
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: San Francisco, California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal. depth range 18-256 m.
Biology
Adults occur on or near soft bottom (Ref. 2850). Adults feed on mysis, other shrimps, krill, and fishes (Ref. 131063). Viviparous, with planktonic larvae and pelagic juveniles (Ref. 36715).
Max length: 25.0 cm TL; max age: 12 years.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: internal (oviduct); bearers (internal live bearers). Viviparous (Ref. 36715).
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.). Resilience: Low (tmax=12; tm=3).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums.
References
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Anonymous (1994) U. S. GLOBEC - Global ocean ecosystems dynamics, a component of the U. S. Global Change Research Program. Eastern Boundary Current Program-A Science Plan for the California Current, Rep. No. 11, August.
Moser, H.G. (1996) Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes and rockfishes. p. 733-795. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p.
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