Body color: Faded pink w/ vague green streaks and small blotches on back; 3 to 5 whitish blotches on back; fins yellow-pink.
Peritoneum color: dark or light Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XIII-XIV,11-13, Ar:5-6, P1:16-18, GR:28-34, LLp:34-42, LLs:43-54, V:26
Occurence: Central California - Baja California
Depth: 396 meters Size: 56 cm Species code: 30611
Similar species:
Pink rockfish - pectoral rays typically 18 (typically 17 in Greenblotched RF); gillrakers typically 26-30 (30-34 in Greenblotched RF); spines on lower edge of operculum typically 1-2 (absent in Greenblotched RF); upper gillrakers rudimentary (not rudimentary in Greenblotched RF)
Greenspotted rockfish - body w/ round green spots; scales on lower jaw few or absent (lower jaw scaled in Greenblotched RF)
Rosethorn rockfish - pectoral rays typically 16 (17 in Greenblotched RF)
Freckled rockfish - prominent knobs bordering notch in upper jaw (absent in Greenblotched RF); back w/ dense freckling; gillrakers 34-39 (30-34 in Greenblotched RF)
Rosy rockfish - body red mottled w/ purple, w/out green spots and streaks; scales on lower jaw few or absent (scaled in Greenblotched RF)
Pinkrose rockfish - body uniform red; scales on lower jaw few or absent (scaled in Greenblotched RF)