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Common names: Bocaccio
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Regulations: restricted | Ref: Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1995
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Recorded from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Not sought by the fishing industry (Ref. 6885). Also Ref. 4925, 11366, 93933, 95452. In range Ref. 2850.
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National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sébaste bocace, Chancharro bocacio, السمك الأحمر بوكاسيو, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335); paucispinis: From the Latin pauci and spinus, connoting 'few' and 'spine' (Ref. 27436).
More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 476 m (Ref. 27437). Subtropical; 65°N - 31°N

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Stepovak Bay, Alaskan Peninsula to Punta Blanca, Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 48.0, range 36 - ? cm
Max length : 91.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2850); peso máx. Publicado: 9.6 kg (Ref. 4690); Idade máx. registada: 50 anos (Ref. 75794)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 13 - 15; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 13 - 16; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 8 - 10; Vértebras: 26. A large rockfish with weak head spines - nasal and parietal spines usually absent, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). Lower jaw long, thickened, with no real symphyseal knob and projects past upper jaw; maxillary extends to behind the eye; parietal ridges parallel (Ref. 27437). Caudal slightly indented (Ref. 6885). Olive orange to burnt orange or brown in color (Ref. 27437). Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36715).

Adults found over rocky reefs, but also common on open bottoms to about 320 m (Ref. 2850). Juveniles are pelagic and settle in near shore nursery areas, then move to deeper habitats (Ref. 36715). Young form schools (Ref. 2850). Feed mainly on fishes, including other rockfishes (Ref. 2850). Ovoviviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36715, 6885, 34817). Validated age by radiometry is 37 yrs (Ref. 75794). A famous sport fish throughout its range (Ref. 2850). Flesh is of excellent quality when kept chilled (Ref. 27436). Sold with other rockfish species (Ref. 27436).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 6885, 37177).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Criticamente ameaçada (CR) (A1abd+2d); Date assessed: 01 August 1996

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)