Sebastes rosaceus

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• Description
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Overview

White-spotted red rockfishes with strong head spines.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Common depth: 16-25 fm (30-46 m ). Maximum depth: 70 fm (128 m).

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,534 meters (0 to -5,033 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Reproduction

Viviparous[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Sebastodes rosaceus (Girard

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Jul-1994

Similar Species

• Rosethorn RF - body orange-red, white spots bordered by light pink or orange; pectoral rays typically 16 (typically 17 in Rosy RF); caudal peduncle typically thinner,depth less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF).
• Pinkrose RF - body uniform red; caudal peduncle depth typically less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF).
• Starry RF - body covered w/ white dots; gillrakers 25-30 (29-34 in Rosy RF).
• Swordspine RF - lower jaw projecting (jaws equal in Rosy RF); symphyseal knob prominent (absent or small in Rosy RF); gillrakers 34-40 (29-34 in Rosy RF).
• Greenspotted RF - body orange-red w/ green spots, white spots bordered by light pink or orange; caudal peduncle typically thinner,depth less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF).
• Pink RF and Greenblotched RF - body w/ irregular greenish blotches.
• Freckled RF - prominent knobs bordering notch in upper jaw and dense green freckling on back (absent in Rosy RF); gillrakers 34-39 (29-34 in Rosy RF).

Members of the genus Sebastes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 100 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. aleutianus (Rougheye Rockfish) · S. alutus (Pacific Ocean Perch) · S. atrorubens (Roundhead Rockfish) · S. atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish) · S. auriculatus (Brown Rockfish) · S. aurora (Aurora Rockfish) · S. babcocki (Redbanded Rockfish) · S. bibroni (Silvergray Rockfish) · S. borealis (Black-Throated Rock-Fish) · S. brevispinis (Silvergray Rockfish) · S. capensis (Cape Scorpionfish) · S. carnatus (Gopher Rockfish) · S. caurinus (Copper Rockfish) · S. chlorostictus (Greenspotted Rockfish) · S. chrysomelas (Black- And- Yellow Rockfish) · S. ciliatus (Light Dusky Rockfish) · S. constellatus (Starry Rockfish) · S. cortezi (Cortez Rockfish) · S. crameri (Blackblotched Rockfish) · S. dalli (Calico Rockfish) · S. dallii (Calico Rockfish) · S. diploproa (Lobe-Jawed Rockfish) · S. elongatus (Greenstriped Rockfish) · S. emphaeus (Puget Sound Rockfish) · S. ensifer (Swordspine Rockfish) · S. entomelas (Rocky Mountain Whitefish) · S. eos (Pink Rockfish) · S. exsul (Buccaneer Rockfish) · S. faciatus (Acadian Rockfish) · S. fasciatus (Labrador Redfish) · S. flavidus (Yellowtail Rockfish) · S. gilli (Bronzespotted Rockfish) · S. glaucus (Blue Rockfish) · S. goodei (Chilipepper Rockfish) · S. helvomaculatus (Rosethorn Rockfish) · S. hopkinsi (Squarespot Rockfish) · S. inermis (Dark-Banded Rockfish) · S. jordani (Shortbelly Rockfish) · S. lentiginosus (Freckled Rock-Cod) · S. levis (Cow Rockfish) · S. macdonaldi (Mexican Rockfish) · S. macrocephalus (Large-Headed Scorpionfish) · S. macrochir (Short-Spined Thorny-Head) · S. maliger (Orange-Spotted Rock-Fish) · S. marinus (Bream) · S. marinus marinus (Bream) · S. marmoratus (Marbled Rockfish) · S. melanops (Black Rockfish) · S. melanosema (Semaphore Rockfish) · S. melanostomus (Rocky Mountain Whitefish) · S. mentella (Deep Water Redfish) · S. miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish) · S. moseri (Whitespeckled Rockfish) · S. mystinus (Blue Rockfish) · S. nebulosus (Yellowstripe Rockfish) · S. nematophthalmus (Spinythroat Scorpionfish) · S. nigrocinctus (Black-Banded Rockfish) · S. nigropunctatus (St. Helena Deepwater Scorpionfish) · S. norvegicus (Golden Redfish) · S. notius (Guadalupe Rockfish) · S. oculata (Blackbelly Rosefish) · S. oculatus (Blackbelly Rosefish) · S. ovalis (Speckled Rockfish) · S. pachycephalus (Chmidt) · S. paucispinis (Boccacio Rockfish) · S. paucispinus (Boccacio Rockfish) · S. peduncularis (Gulf Rockfish) · S. percoides (Red Gurnard Scorpionfish) · S. phillipsi (Chameleon Rockfish) · S. pinniger (Orange Rockfish) · S. polyspinis (Northern Rockfish) · S. proriger (Redstripe Rockfish) · S. rastrelliger (Grass Rockfish) · S. reedi (Yellowmouth Rockfish) · S. rosaceus (Rosy Rockfish) · S. rosenblatti (Greenblotched Rockfish) · S. ruberrimus (Turkey-Red Rockfish) · S. rubrivinctus (Flag Rockfish) · S. rufinanus (Dwarf- Red Rockfish) · S. rufus (Bank Rockfish) · S. saxicola (Olive-Backed Rockfish) · S. scaber (Pygmy Scorpionfish) · S. schlegelii (Schlegel's Black Rockfish) · S. semicinctus (Halfbanded Rockfish) · S. serranoides (Olive Rockfish) · S. serriceps (Treefish) · S. serrulatus (Pygmy Lionfish) · S. simulator (Pinkrose Rockfish) · S. sinensis (Blackmouth Rockfish) · S. spinorbis (Spinyeye Rockfish) · S. thetidis (Rough Gurnard Perch) · S. thompsoni (Goldeye Rockfish) · S. umbrosus (Honeycomb Rock-Cod) · S. variabilis (Dusky Rockfish) · S. variegatus (Harlequin Rockfish) · S. varispinis (Hidden Rockfish) · S. viviparus (Lesser Redfish) · S. vulpes (Fox Jacopever) · S. wilsoni (Wilson´s Rock-Fish) · S. zacentrus (Sharpchin Rockfish)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 330.
• Bibliography of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United states to the end of 1879. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 21, p. 36, p. 53.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. 1882 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 21, p. 36, p. 667, p. 71.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 95.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 132, p. 286.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 60.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 60.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 98.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther London, 1860. url p. 98.
• Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 42.
• Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 595.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 300.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 175, p. 2, p. 39, p. 830.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 18.
• Our living oceans: report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [1999] url p. 292, p. 293.
• Our living oceans: the first annual report on the status of U.S. living marine resources. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1991. url p. 120.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 1794, p. 1808.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , p. 134, p. 14, p. 146, p. 147, p. 147, p. 59, p. 59.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 477, p. 478, p. 483.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17 1894 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 377, p. 405.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 430, p. 430.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 367.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url , p. 14, p. 14, p. 386, p. 50, p. 63, p. 78, p. 78, p. 79.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 23 1882 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 36.
• Synopsis of the fishes of North America. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 667.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 330, p. 330, p. 335, p. 335, p. 341.
• The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 1808.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 330.
• The sportsman's gazetteer and general guide. The game animals, birds and fishes of North America: their habits and various methods of capture. Copious instructions in shooting, fishing, taxidermy, woodcraft, etc. Together with a glossary, and a New York, Orange Judd Companyu, 1883. url .

Notes

Contributors

• Alaska Fisheries Science Center
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Smith-Vaniz, William F. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: North Pacific Groundfish Observer (North Pacific Research Board)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 138471
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30644
• Fishbase Species ID: 3994
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166738
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124630

Footnotes

1. Mean = -466.750 meters (-1,531.332 feet), Standard Deviation = 890.270 based on 4 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Wourms, J.P. (1991). Reproduction and development of Sebastes in the context of the evolution of piscine viviparity. Environ. Biol. Fish. 30:111-126. [back]

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