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Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904. Common Searobin or Rough Searobin. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL
(Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995). Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et
al. 1994) into northern Gulf of California to Chile (Pequeño 1989). At depths of 4–107 m (13–351 ft)
(min.: LACM 47878.011; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).
Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, 1881. Lumptail Searobin. To 43 cm (16.9 in) TL (Robertson and Allen
2002). Columbia River, Washington (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including
Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995). At depths of 2–255 m (7–836 ft) (min.: M. Shane,
pers. comm. to M. L.; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002). Prionotus quiescens Jordan & Bollman, 1890, is
a junior synonym.
Family Anoplopomatidae — Sablefishes
Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814). Blackcod or Sablefish. To 114 cm (45 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Pacific Ocean off central Honshu, Japan (Sasaki 1985) to Aleutian Islands and Bowers Bank to Bering
Sea south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (Allen and Smith 1988) and to Islas San Benito and Isla Cedros,
central Baja California (Knaggs et al. 1975). Adults near bottom to 2,740 m (8,989 ft; McFarlane and
Beamish 1983), juveniles often near shore and shallower (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Erilepis zonifer (Lockington, 1880). Priestfish or Skilfish. To 183 cm (72 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Sagami
Bay, Pacific coast of central Honshu, Japan (Mecklenburg 2003) to south of Commander–Aleutian chain
and southern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Monterey Bay, central California (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Adults close to bottom at depths of 200–1,030 m (656–3,379 ft), usually far from
shore (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: Mitani et al. 1986); juveniles and young adults to about
110 cm TL (43 in) collected near surface, sometimes close to shore (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Family Hexagrammidae — Greenlings
Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810). Kelp Greenling. To 53 cm (21 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Attu Island, Aleutian Islands to Gulf of Alaska coasts (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to La Jolla,
southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal (Miller and Lea 1972; M. L., unpubl. data) and to
130 m (426 ft; M. L., unpubl. data); reported but not confirmed to 242 m (794 ft; Lauth 2000).
Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810). Rock Greenling. To 61 cm (24 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Yellow, Japan, and Okhotsk seas to Commander–Aleutian chain and northern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002) to Point Conception, central California (Miller and Lea 1972). A few larvae have been
collected in southern California, as far south as Santa Monica Bay (Moser et al. 2002). Intertidal area
(Miller and Lea 1972) and shallow waters (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983), recorded to depth of 80 m
(262 ft) in eastern Pacific (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and to 596 m (1,955 ft) in western Pacific (Orlov
1998). Following Mecklenburg et al. (2002), Mecklenburg and Eschmeyer (2003), and some earlier
authors, treatment here includes Hexagrammos superciliosus (Pallas, 1810), which is classified by some
authors as a distinct species. Molecular evidence presented by Crow et al. (2004) supports the existence
of a single, widely distributed species.
Hexagrammos octogrammus (Pallas, 1814). Masked Greenling. To 28 cm (11 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Okhotsk and Japan seas to Commander–Aleutian chain and St. Lawrence Island, northern Bering
Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Banks Island, northern British Columbia (Peden and Wilson 1976). At
depths of 6–31 m (20–102 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Hexagrammos stelleri Tilesius, 1810. Whitespotted Greenling. To about 48 cm (19 in) TL (Miller and
Lea 1972). Japan Sea to Commander–Aleutian chain and Chukchi and Bering seas to Puget Sound,
Washington; one unconfirmed report from Simpson Cove, Beaufort Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Intertidal waters and to depth of 175 m (574 ft; Allen and Smith 1988).