Body color: Orange-yellow w/ light olivaceous mottling on back; 4 or 5 clear, white blotches, bordered w/ light pink or orange on upper part of body; dusky area on opercle; fins pink, w/ some yellow-green.
Peritoneum color: dark to gray w/ spots Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XII-XIV,12-14, Ar:6-7, P1:15-18, GR:28-33, LLp:34-45, LLs:42-48, V:26
Occurence: Gulf of Alaska - Baja California
Depth: 549 meters Size: 41 cm Species code: 30270
Similar species:
Greenspotted rockfish - body typically w/ round green spots and streaks on back; pectoral rays typically 17; gillrakers 31-36 (typically 28-31 in Rosethorn RF)
Rosy rockfish - body dark red w/ purple on back; purple band typically on nape; pectoral rays typically 17
Pinkrose rockfish - pectoral rays typically 17; body uniform pink-red
Swordspine rockfish - pectoral rays typically 17; prominent symphyseal knob on projecting lower jaw (small knob on jaws of equal length in Rosethorn RF); gillrakers 34-40 (28-33 in Rosethorn RF)
Pink rockfish and Greenblotched rockfish - body w/ olive-green wavy lines; pectoral rays typically 17
Freckled rockfish - prominent knobs on upper jaw (absent in Rosethorn RF); dense freckling on back (mottled in Rosethorn RF); gillrakers 34-39 (28-33 in Rosethorn RF); pectoral rays typically 17; dorsal rays typically 12 (typically 13 in Rosethorn RF)