Body color: Pink to orange-pink; fins reddish, typically edged w/ black; dusky red bars may be present on back, these prominent in young specimens.
Peritoneum color: light w/ black dots Shape between eyes: convex to flat
Counts: D:XIII,12-15, Ar:6-8, P1:17-20, GR:27-31, LLp:28-32, LLs:36-46, V:27-28
Occurence: Bering Sea - Southern California
Depth: 100-875 meters Size: 108 cm Species code: 30576
Similar species:
Blackgill rockfish - body red w/ black mouth, upper branchiostegal membranes, and gill cavity; peritoneum black; gillrakers typically 30-34 (27-31 in Shortraker RF)
Rougheye rockfish - 2-10 spines below eye; body typically red w/ black mottling; gill rakers on first arch longer in individuals > 40 cm
Pacific Ocean Perch - head spines weak and differ in count; prominent symphyseal knob; discrete dorsal blotches at base of dorsal fin; body shape slender
Sharpchin rockfish - symphyseal knob prominent; discrete blotches w/ at least one crossing lateral line; head spines differ in count; anal spine 2 longer than 3
Redbanded rockfish - body w/ five bands crossing lateral line; head spine count differs; anal spine 2 longer than 3; peritoneum dark