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Sebastes glaucus Hilgendorf, 1880. Gray Rockfish. To 59 cm (23.2 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Northern
Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk (Lindberg and Krasyukova 1987) to Commander Islands (B. A. Sheiko,
pers. comm. to C. W. M.) and western Bering Sea north to Amayan Bay, Koryak coast (about 60°50'N;
Taranetz 1933); south of Atka Island, Aleutian Islands (Orr and Baker 1996). At depths of 2–550 m
(7–1,804 ft) (min.: Kondrat’ev 1996; max.: Orr et al. 1998).
Sebastes goodei (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890). Chilipepper. To 59 cm (23.2 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al.
2002 after M. L., pers. comm.). Pratt and Durgin seamounts, eastern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al.
2002) to off Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (Phillips 1957). Near surface to 491 m (1,611 ft)
(min.: Allen and Smith 1988; max.: Wilkins et al. 1998).
Sebastes helvomaculatus Ayres, 1859. Rosethorn Rockfish. To 41 cm (16 in) TL (Kramer and O’Connell
1995). Western Gulf of Alaska east of Sitkinak Island (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Banco Ranger
(28°33'N, 115°25'W), central Baja California (Snytko 1986). At depths of 59–1,145 m (194–3,756 ft)
(min.: Johnson et al. 2003; max.: Ramsey et al. 2002).
Sebastes hopkinsi (Cramer, 1895). Squarespot Rockfish. To 29 cm (11.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Southern Oregon (Erickson et al. 1991) to northern Baja California (30°19'N, 116°06'W; SIO
84-229) and Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Chen 1971). At depths of 18–305 m (60–1,000 ft)
(min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: LACS 2002).
Sebastes jordani (Gilbert, 1896). Shortbelly Rockfish. To 35 cm (13.8 in) TL or more (Mecklenburg et al.
2002). La Perouse Bank (48°58'N, 126°43'W), southern British Columbia to southern Baja California
(23°28'N, 110°43'W; Snytko 1986). Granite Island, northern Gulf of Alaska record is questionable (Allen
and Smith 1988); not known from Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Adults at depths of about 91–491 m
(300–1,611 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Wilkins et al. 1998).
Sebastes lentiginosus Chen, 1971. Freckled Rockfish. To about 23 cm (9 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Point
Conception, central California (34°36'N; RACE) to Punta San Roque (27°08'N, 114°26'W), central Baja
California (M. L., unpubl. data) and Isla Guadalupe (SIO 97-73). At depths of 22–290 m (73–951 ft)
(min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.: Snytko 1986).
Sebastes levis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889). Cowcod. Reported to 100 cm (39.4 in) TL (Butler et al. 2003).
Off Newport, Oregon (Erickson and Pikitch 1987) to Banco Ranger, central Baja California (Miller and Lea
1972) and Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Juveniles as shallow as 40 m (132 ft;
Johnson 1997); adults 72–491 m (236–1,610 ft) (min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.: Butler et al. 1999).
Sebastes macdonaldi (Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893). Mexican Rockfish. To 66 cm (26 in) TL (Miller and
Lea 1972). Point Sur, central California (Miller and Lea 1972) to southern Baja California (23°24'N,
111°11'W; Chen 1971) and central Gulf of California (Poss in Fischer et al. 1995). To depths of 76–
350 m (249–1,148 ft) (min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.: Poss in Fischer et al. 1995).
Sebastes maliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Quillback Rockfish. To 61 cm (24 in) TL (Phillips 1957). Kodiak
Island, Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Anacapa Passage, southern California (Love and Lea
1997). At depths of 5–274 m (16–899 ft) (min.: Moulton 1977; max.: Phillips 1957).
Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856. Black Rockfish. To 69 cm (27.2 in) TL (C. Worton, pers. comm. to M. L.).
Southern Bering Sea (Orr and Blackburn 2004) and Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands (Wilimovsky
1964) to northern Baja California (Kramer and O’Connell 1995). Surface to 366 m (1,200 ft) (min.:
Kramer and O’Connell 1995; max.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Sebastes melanosema Lea & Fitch, 1979. Semaphore Rockfish. To 39 cm (15.4 in) TL (Snytko 1986). Central
Oregon (44°41'N, 124°48'W; Snytko 1986) to Punta San Pablo (27°13'N, 114°30'W), central Baja
California (Lea and Fitch 1979). At depths of 97–490 m (318–1,607 ft) (min.: M. L., unpubl. data; max.:
Snytko 1986).
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