| Common name | Quillback rockfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Alaska |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Kramer, D.E. and V.M. O'Connell, 1995 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | habitat/ecology |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Quillback', from 'quill', i.e., hallow reed, large feather, and pertains to the much elongated first ray of the dorsal fin characteristic of the species (p. 967, Ref. 11978). |