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
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Maslenikov, Katherine P.
0000-0003-0981-0061
love@lifesci.ucsb.edu
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Sebastes miniatus
(
Jordan
& Gilbert, 1880)
.
Vermilion Rockfish
. To
76 cm
(
30 in
) TL (
Phillips 1957
). Zaikof Bay, Montague Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska (
O’Connell
et al.
1992
) to Islas San Benito, central Baja California (
Chen 1971
). Benthic; depth: juveniles in shallow water (M.L., unpubl. data); adults
12–478 m
(
39–1,568 ft
) (min.:
O’Connell
et al.
1992
; max.:
Bradburn
et al.
2011
). A single juvenile was captured in a Fort Bragg, northern California, tide pool (
Craig
et al.
2017
). Note, this “taxon” is composed of two species, Vermilion Rockfish (
Sebastes miniatus
) and the tentatively denoted
Sebastes crocotulus
, Sunset Rockfish (
Hyde
et al.
2008
)
. Because of previous confusion between the two species, the precise maximum sizes, geographic ranges, and depth ranges of each species is unknown. Genetically identified
S. miniatus
are known from Neah Bay, Washington to Punta Baja, northern Baja California and S.
crocotulus
from Monterey, central California to Colnett Bank, northern Baja California.