Body color: Pinkish, densely freckled w/ dark green on back; 4 to 5 pale blotches on back; dark streaks on caudal fin.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XIII,12-13, Ar:6-7, P1:16-18, GR:34-39, LLp:33-41, LLs:?-?, V:26
Occurence: Southern California - Baja California
Depth: 168 meters Size: 23 cm Species code: 30295
Similar species:
Greenspotted rockfish - knobs on upper jaw absent; gillrakers typically 31-34 (34-39 in Freckled RF) Rosethorn RF
Rosy rockfish - knobs on upper jaw absent; body red, mottled w/ purple (dense green in Freckled RF); gillrakers 29-34 (34-39 in Freckled RF)
Pink rockfish and Greenblotched rockfish - knobs on upper jaw absent; vague green streaks and blotches on back (dense in Freckled RF); gillrakers 26-31 (34-39 in Freckled RF)
Pinkrose rockfish - knobs on upper jaw absent; body uniform red (dense green freckling in Freckled RF); gillrakers 28-33 (34-39 in Freckled RF); dorsal rays typically 13 (typically 12 in Freckled RF)
Honeycomb rockfish - knobs on upper jaw absent; scales w/ darkly pigmented margins