United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Greenie, Rockfish, Yellowtail rockfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4925, 6885, 27436, 27437, 95450.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Williams, E.H. and S. Ralston, 2002
National Database:

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

Sébaste à queue jaune, Chancharro cola amarilla, Greenie, ... more

Main reference

Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby. 1961. (Ref. 4925)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 66.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4925); max. published weight: 2.5 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 64 years (Ref. 39247)

Length at first maturity
L_m 36.0, range 27 - 42 cm

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 549 m (Ref. 6793), usually 24 - 46 m (Ref. 2850)

Climate / Range

Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 62°N - 32°N, 167°W - 117°W

Distribution

Northeast Pacific: Unalaska Island, Alaska to San Diego, California, USA.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Head spines weak - nasals present, preocular and parietal spines usually absent, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). May have a prominent symphyseal knob; posterior edge of anal fin vertical (Ref. 27436). Caudal fin nearly truncate but slightly forked (Ref. 6885). Olive green to greenish brown with some light mottling dorsally, light ventrally; fins yellowish green, ventral fins often tinged in orange (Ref. 27436).

Form schools in open water along steeply sloping shores or above rocky reefs; also holes up amid cracks and crevices of the sea floor (Ref. 27436). Juveniles found around floats and pilings (Ref. 27436). Feed on pelagic crustaceans, fishes and squids (Ref. 6885). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Filleted, then sold fresh or frozen, with other rockfishes (Ref. 27436).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: 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)
4.2 ±0.6 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.16; tm=6-7; tmax=64)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (56 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862)