Body color: Whitish pink when first brought to surface, changing to golden crimson upon death and exposure to air; vague dusky streaks on back from above rear margins of orbit posteriorly to about insertion of second dorsal.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XIII-IV,12-13, Ar:5-6, P1:18-19, GR:36-40, LLp:29-33, LLs:?, V:26-27
Occurence: Northern California - Southern California
Depth: 274 meters Size: 43 cm Species code: 30570
Similar species:
Aurora rockfish - spines absent below eye; gillrakers 24-28 (36-40 in Chameleon RF)
Splitnose rockfish - spines absent below eye; head spine count differs; gillrakers 32-37 (36-40 in Chameleon RF)
Rougheye rockfish - peritoneum light; area between eyes flat or convex; gillrakers 29-35 (36-40 in Chameleon RF)