Body color: Grayish brown w/ brassy yellow wash becoming light gray on side and white ventrally; sides finely speckled w/ brown; several vague light blotches on back; fins dusky yellow. (Also see above underwater photos.)
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XII-XIII,14-16, Ar:7-9, P1:17-19, GR:34-49, LLp:49-55, LLs:55-60, V:26
Occurence: Gulf of Alaska - Southern California
Depth: 549 meters Size: 66 cm Species code: 30240
Similar species:
Olive rockfish - anal rays typically 9 (typically 7-8 in Yellowtail RF); pale areas on back more prominent; pectoral rays completely dark (often edged w/ pink in Yellowtail); pectoral rays typically 17 (typically 18 in Yellowtail RF); fin membranes dark
Widow rockfish - anal fin w/ strong posterior slant (perpendicular in Yellowtail RF); body color dusky brown; pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins w/ black membranes (dusky in Yellowtail RF); mouth small, maxilla to midorbit (well past midorbit in Yellowtail RF)
Dusky rockfish - peritoneum dark; dorsal rays typically 15-16 (typically 14 in Yellowtail RF); fin membranes dark
Black rockfish - anal-fin margin rounded; body color black to blue-black, white ventrally; pectoral rays typically 19 (typically 18 in Yellowtail RF)