Body color: Red on back, bright orange-yellow on sides, most fins w/ black on tips. Young <28 cm red w/ whitish stripe along lateral line, another shorter stripe between lateral line and belly surface, fins w/ blackened tips. (See above photo.)
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: concave
Counts: D:XIII,13-16, Ar:5-8, P1:18-20, GR:25-30, LLp:39-46, LLs:45-50, V:26
Occurence: Aleutian Islands - Baja California
Depth: 50-475 meters Size: 91 cm Species code: 30470
Similar species:
Canary rockfish - body mottled gray dorsally w/ orange; anal fin pointed w/ strong anterior slant (rounded w/ posterior slant in Yelloweye RF)
Vermilion rockfish - body mottled gray dorsally w/ red; anal fin pointed w/ strong anterior slant (rounded w/ posterior slant in Yelloweye RF)
Rougheye rockfish, Shortraker rockfish, and Blackgill rockfish - body red w/ various dark mottling; 0-8 spines below eye