Sebastes goodei, Chilipepper rockfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Sebastes goodei (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)

Chilipepper rockfish
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US America (contiguous states) territory information

Common names: Chilipepper, Rockfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Important commercially in California (Ref. 2850). Also Ref. 45591. In range Ref. 6793, 6885, 27437.
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Territory 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: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

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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); goodei: Named after Dr. G.B. Goode, U.S. ichthyologist (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Dr George Brown Goode (1851–1896) was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator at the Smithsonian. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Eigenmann & Eigenmann.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 425 m (Ref. 6793). Temperate; 52°N - 24°N, 131°W - 110°W

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Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada to Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 32.0, range 29 - 39 cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 35 years (Ref. 56049)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 26. Head spines very weak - preoculars present, nasal, supraocular and parietal spines usually absent, postocular, tympanic, coronal and nuchal spines absent; chin projects outward; preopercular spines fairly strong; anal fin small and rear edge slanted posteriorly, 2nd anal spine short; body slender (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin moderately indented (Ref. 6885). Pinkish red to copper pink, white ventrally; lateral line in bright red zone; caudal fin dusky (Ref. 27437).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults frequent deep rocky reefs as well as sand and mud bottoms; young are pelagic (Ref. 36715) and occur in shallower waters (Ref. 2850). Feed on euphausiids (Ref. 6885), krill, small squids and fishes (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36715). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten fried, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

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Viviparous (Ref. 36715, 34817).

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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. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7 - 9.7, mean 8.2 °C (based on 39 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00490 - 0.02040), 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   ±0.44 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24; tm=4; tmax=27; Fec=29,000).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.4 [8.5, 73.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.242 [0.103, 0.603] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 1.34 [0.55, 3.24] g/100g; Selenium = 40.2 [14.5, 117.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.4 [7.4, 48.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.429 [0.226, 0.756] mg/100g (wet weight);