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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-19
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Sebastes melanostomus
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)
.
Blackgill Rockfish
. To
61 cm
(
24 in
) TL (
Phillips 1957
). Northern British Columbia off west coast of Haida Gwaii (
Workman
et al.
1998
) to
Isla
de Cedros, central Baja California (
Miller and Lea 1972
). Pelagic juveniles have been taken as far south as Punta Abreojos (
26°06’N
,
114°05’W
), southern Baja California (
Moser and Ahlstrom 1978
), strongly implying that adults live in southern Baja California. Benthic; depth:
88–768 m
(
289–2,520 ft
) (min.: NWFSC-FRAM; max.:
Eschmeyer and Herald 1983
).