Body color: Bright crimson red; dusky mottling on back forming 3 faint saddles; ventral pectoral rays pink; dusky area on dorsal-most pectoral rays.
Peritoneum color: gray w/ black spots Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XII,12-13, Ar:5, P1:18-22, GR:24-25, LLp:28-29, LLs:74-100, V:26
Occurence: Aleutian Islands
Depth: 1200 meters Size: 41 cm Species code: 30035
Similar species:
Thornyheads (genus Sebastolobus) - cheek spines 5-10, strong; dorsal spines 15-17 (12-13 in )
Other Rockfishes (genus Sebastes) - cheek spines absent; pectoral fin rounded, lacking notch, wedge-shaped (slightly notched in ); pectoral rays typically 20 (21 in ); lower jaw equal to or longer than upper jaw (shorter than upper jaw in )