Sebastes rastrelliger, Grass rockfish

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Sebastes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Grass rockfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 46 m (Ref. 36715), usually ? - 15 m (Ref. 36715). Subtropical; 45°N - 28°N, 125°W - 114°W

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Eastern Pacific: Yaquina Bay in Oregon, USA to Baja California, Mexico.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 23 years (Ref. 39275)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 26. Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36715).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found commonly on rocky bottom in tide pools and near shore, also in kelp and eelgrass beds. Occur up to 46 m depth but usually at less than 15 m. Viviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36715). Most important rockfish to rocky shore and jetty fishermen. Good eating.

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Viviparous (Ref. 36715, 34817).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.2 - 18.2, mean 15.4 °C (based on 59 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00492 - 0.02031), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 8.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=23; tm=3.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 53.8 [16.9, 173.7] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.642 [0.249, 1.724] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 20.2] % ; Omega3 = 0.619 [0.260, 1.514] g/100g ; Selenium = 56.1 [20.1, 184.2] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 12.9 [4.4, 35.7] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.512 [0.259, 0.991] mg/100g (wet weight);