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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335). More on author: Cuvier.

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Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243). Subtropical, preferred ?; 45°N - 30°N

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Northwest Pacific: southern Hokkaido to Kyushu and the southern Korean Peninsula (Ref. 559). Three morphotypes observed (reddish type; blackish type; brownish type), and may be reproductively isolated from each other (Ref. 44259).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 16 - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 800.00 g (Ref. 40637)

Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed. Plankton feeder (Ref. 12114, 12115). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

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Males established territories ranging from 12 to 70 sq. m; initiated courtship when females approached the territories; lateral display, rushing and turning movements were frequently observed during courtship. Mating pair formed about 30 min before copulation; the pair ascended to 1.5-2.0 m above bottom then males suddenly coiled around the body of females to copulate.

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Sebastes inermis Cuvier, 1829