Body color: Dark gray-green on reddish background; red-orange flecks and fine green spots on body; red-orange to white ventrally; oblique light band on lower portion of pectoral fin.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIV,13-16, Ar:7-9, P1:17-19, GR:35-39, LLp:43-53, LLs:69-70, V:28
Occurence: Bering Sea - British Columbia
Depth: 625 meters Size: 40 cm Species code: 30420
Similar species:
Dusky (light) rockfish - body gray to greenish-brown; light patch on pectoral fin faint; dorsal spines typically 13
Pacific Ocean Perch - body red w/ discrete dorsal blotches; symphyseal knob sharp, elongate (moderate in Northern RF); head spine 5 present; dorsal spines typically 13
Redstripe rockfish - mottled olive-green stripes above and below light red lateral line; head spine count differs; dorsal spines typically 13; head spine 5 present
Harlequin rockfish - head spines strong and spine 5 is present; anal spine 2 longer than 3 (shorter in Northern RF); dorsal blotches prominent; posterior 2/3 of lateral line light; dorsal spines typically 13
Sharpchin rockfish - body red w/ dorsal blotches; head spines strong and differ in count; anal spine 2 longer than 3; dorsal spines typically 13