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Sebastes miniatus  (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Vermilion rockfish
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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);  miniatus: From the Greek miniatus, meaning 'vermilion' (Ref. 27436).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 274 m (Ref. 27437), usually 183 - 274 m (Ref. 27437).   Subtropical, preferred ?; 54°N - 27°N, 134°W - 114°W

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Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia, Canada to central Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 37.0, range 37 - 46 cm
Max length : 91.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27436); max. published weight: 6.8 kg (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 60 years (Ref. 56049)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head spines moderate to weak - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines present, nuchals usually absent, coronals absent (Ref. 27437). Lower jaw rough and scaly; caudal peduncle deep (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin slightly indented (Ref. 6885). Dark red in color, sides mottled with gray; mouth and fins red, fins usually edged with black; 3 obscure stripes radiating from each eye (Ref. 27437).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit shallow to deep rocky reefs, less common on deep ones (Ref. 2850). Young inhabit shallow water (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Sold as fillets together with other rockfish (Ref. 27436).

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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. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6; tmax =60).
Prior r = 0.24, 2 SD range = 0.08 - 0.73, log(r) = -1.43, SD log(r) = 0.55, Based on: 5 tgen, 1 tmax, 3 Fec records
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (63 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.