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Sebastes diploproa (Gilbert, 1890)

Splitnose rockfish
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Common names: Rockfish, Splitnose rockfish, Splitnose rockfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 5488, 6793. In range Ref. 6885.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Williams, E.H. and S. Ralston, 2002
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335);  diploproa: From the Greek diploos and prora, meaning 'double' and 'prow' (Ref. 27436).
  More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 800 m (Ref. 6793), usually 91 - 579 m (Ref. 2850).   Deep-water; 60°N - 27°N, 168°W - 109°W

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Northeast Pacific: Alaska Peninsula to Cedros Island, Baja California and the Gulf of California in Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 19.0, range 18 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4925); max. published weight: 810.00 g (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 86 years (Ref. 56049)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 8; Vertebrae: 26. Head spines strong - nasal, preocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines present, supraocular, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). Toothed knob in front of each upper jaw, deep notch between jaws (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin moderately indented (Ref. 6885). A red rockfish, silver ventrally (Ref. 27437). Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36715).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common offshore, on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850). Young occur in shallow water, often at surface under drifting kelp (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, with planktonic larvae and pelagic juveniles (Ref. 36715, 34817). The biggest individuals are sometimes found in markets where the flesh is sold as rockfish fillet (Ref. 27436). Rarely caught by anglers (Ref. 27436).)

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Gives birth in spring (Ref. 27436).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.4 - 8.6, mean 5.9 (based on 131 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00499 - 0.02004), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=5; tmax=86; Fec=14,000).
Prior r = 0.12, 95% CL = 0.08 - 0.18, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.