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Common names: Bocaccio, Bocaccio, Rock salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Starr, R.M., J.N. Heine, J.M. Felton and G.M. Cailliet, 2002
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Considered a popular game fish and a commercially important species in California (Ref. 2850, 27436). Also Ref. 4925, 6793, 11366, 45591, 95450, 95452.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
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Common names from other countries

السمك الأحمر بوكاسيو, 稀棘平鮋, Sébaste bocace, ... more

Main reference

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann. 1983. (Ref. 2850)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 91.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 9.6 kg (Ref. 4690); max. reported age: 50 years (Ref. 75794)

Length at first maturity
L_m 48.0, range 36 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 476 m (Ref. 27437)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 7°C (Ref. 107945); 65°N - 31°N

Distribution

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

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 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).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A1abd+2d)

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 4690)

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.46 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=4; tmax=50; Musick et al. 2000 (Ref. 36717))

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (63 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Sebastes paucispinis Ayres, 1854