Body color: Bright red to pink, often w/ dusky to black areas on fins and body, dark spot on posterior part of spinous dorsal fin.
Peritoneum color: light w/ spots Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XV-XVIII,8-9, Ar:4-5, P1:22-23, GR:18-23, LLp:29-33, LLs:35-46, V:29-31
Occurence: Bering Sea - Baja California
Depth: 305-1775 meters Size: 75 cm Species code: 30020
Similar species:
Longspine Thornyhead - dorsal spine 3 longer than 4; pectoral fin w/ slight notch; gill chamber mostly black; dorsal spines typically 15 (typically 16 in )
Broadbanded Thornyhead - ventral pectoral rays highly branched, lobe-like; body deeper
Aleutian Scorpionfish (genus Adelosebastes) - cheek spines 1-2, weak; lower pectoral rays fingerlike; head spines very large; body deep
Other Rockfishes (genus Sebastes) - cheek spines absent; pectoral fin wedge-shaped w/out notch; body deep; dorsal spines 12-15 (15-17 in )