Body color: Orange-red to purple w/ yellow wash on lower sides; 4 or 5 clear, whitish blotches, bordered w/ purple-red on upper part of body; fins pink w/ yellow. (See also above underwater photo.)
Peritoneum color: gray to dark Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XIII-XIV,11-14, Ar:5-7, P1:16-18, GR:29-34, LLp:36-46, LLs:?-?, V:26
Occurence: Washington (Cobb Seamount) - Baja California
Depth: 128 meters Size: 36 cm Species code: 30460
Similar species:
Rosethorn rockfish - body orange-red, white spots bordered by light pink or orange; pectoral rays typically 16 (typically 17 in Rosy RF); caudal peduncle typically thinner,depth less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF)
Pinkrose rockfish - body uniform red; caudal peduncle depth typically less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF)
Starry rockfish - body covered w/ white dots; gillrakers 25-30 (29-34 in Rosy RF)
Swordspine rockfish - lower jaw projecting (jaws equal in Rosy RF); symphyseal knob prominent (absent or small in Rosy RF); gillrakers 34-40 (29-34 in Rosy RF)
Greenspotted rockfish - body orange-red w/ green spots, white spots bordered by light pink or orange; caudal peduncle typically thinner,depth less than orbit width (greater than orbit width in Rosy RF)
Pink rockfish and Greenblotched rockfish - body w/ irregular greenish blotches
Freckled rockfish - prominent knobs bordering notch in upper jaw & dense green freckling on back (absent in Rosy RF); gillrakers 34-39 (29-34 in Rosy RF)