Body color: Gray to greenish brown on back and sides, darker blotches under soft dorsal fin; ventral sides and pectoral and pelvic fins tinged w/ pink; orange-red-brown flecks on sides. (Also see above underwater photo.)
Peritoneum color: light to dark Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII,13-16, Ar:7-9, P1:17-19, GR:32-36, LLp:45-52, LLs:47-58, V:28
Occurence: Bering Sea - British Columbia
Depth: 525 meters Size: 53 cm Species code: 30151
Similar species:
Dark Dusky rockfish - mouth smaller, maxilla to midorbit, symphyseal knob small; peritoneum jet black; body uniform black or dark blue
Black rockfish - anal-fin margin rounded w/ anterior slant; peritoneum light; spinous dorsal fin often w/ black spots; mandibular pores reduced (evident in Dusky RF); head spine count differs, spine 4 present
Yellowtail rockfish - peritoneum light; head spine count differs; body w/ brassy wash; fins dusky yellow;dorsal rays typically 14 (typically 15 in Dusky RF)
Northern rockfish - typically 14 dorsal spines (typically 13 in Dusky RF); oblique light band on lower portion of pectoral fin (faint in Dusky RF)
Widow rockfish - anal-fin margin w/ strong posterior slant; head spine count differs; maxilla extends anterior to midorbit (maxilla extends to beyond midorbit in Dusky RF)