Body color: Gray to brown mottled w/ yellow on anterior portion of body, and w/ orange-brown spotting on lower, anterior of body; fins dark, except anterior portion of spinous dorsal fin, which is splashed w/ yellow. (Also see above underwater photo.)
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: convex to concave
Counts: D:XIII,12-14, Ar:6-7, P1:16-18, GR:29-33, LLp:34-48, LLs:39-45, V:26
Occurence: Gulf of Alaska - Southern California
Depth: 274 meters Size: 61 cm Species code: 30320
Similar species:
Brown rockfish - body brown w/ dark mottling; dorsal-fin membranes not deeply incised; head spine count typically differs
Copper rockfish - posterior two-thirds of lateral line clear; dorsal-fin membranes not deeply incised; anal rays typically 6 (typically 7 in Quillback RF)
China rockfish - body black w/ yellow stripe along lateral line and across nape; dorsal-fin margin not deeply incised