Body color: Black on back, becoming gray mottled w/ black on sides, whitish ventrally; pelvic fins light, other fins dark. (Also see above underwater photo.)
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII-XIV,13-16, Ar:7-9, P1:18-20, GR:32-39, LLp:46-55, LLs:50-55, V:26
Occurence: Aleutian Islands - Southern California
Depth: 366 meters Size: 63 cm Species code: 30330
Similar species:
Blue rockfish - mouth smaller, maxilla extends anterior to midorbit; eye smaller; anal-fin margin perpendicular; head spine count differs
Dusky rockfish - body color gray to greenish brown in Light Dusky RF, uniform dark onto belly in Dark Dusky RF; anal-fin margin perpendicular; symphyseal knob present; mandibular pores evident (reduced in Black RF); head spines typically absent
Yellowtail rockfish - body color brassy; fins washed w/ yellow; anal-fin margin perpendicular; head spine count differs
Olive rockfish - body color olive-brown; fins olive to yellow; head spine count differs; anal-fin margin perpendicular