Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Author Love, Milton S. 0000-0003-0981-0061 love@lifesci.ucsb.edu Author Bizzarro, Joseph J. 0000-0002-2412-9357 joe.bizzarro@noaa.gov Author Cornthwaite, Maria 0000-0002-1528-3272 maria.cornthwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Author Frable, Benjamin W. 0000-0003-4525-0671 bfrable@ucsd.edu Author Maslenikov, Katherine P. 0000-0003-0981-0061 love@lifesci.ucsb.edu text Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-19 5053 1 1 285 journal article 2792 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1 75ffcff3-6336-4f6a-8d0b-94c082519099 1175-5326 5578008 295D03A4-589A-4E3F-B030-5121EF7D7398 Sebastes aurora (Gilbert, 1890) . Aurora Rockfish . To 41 cm ( 16 in ) TL ( Kramer and O’Connell 1995 ). Southeast Alaska (about 55°56’N , 135°26’W ) ( Laman and Orr 2011 ) to Isla de Cedros, central Baja California ( Kramer and O’Connell 1995 ). Larvae have been taken off Banco Thetis ( 24°40’N , 112°18’W ), southern Baja California ( Moser et al. 1985 ), strongly implying that this species lives considerably farther south than its southernmost adult record. While Nelson et al. (2004) notes that records of this species from off Baja California may be based on errors in field identification, the presence of Sebastes aurora larvae many hundreds of miles below the U.S. – Mexico border strongly suggests the presence of adult fish in Mexican waters. If the species is not found in Mexican waters, the southernmost range is San Diego, southern California ( Phillips 1957 ). Benthic; depth: 81–1,176 m ( 266–3,857 ft ) (min.: Wilkins et al. 1998 ; max.: NWFSC-FRAM).