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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Franz Steindachner (1834–1919) was an Austrian zoologist who specialised in herpetology and ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Hilgendorf.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 16 - 300 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: northern Japan to the southern Kuril Islands, the northern Sea of Japan, and the Sea of Okhotsk. Reported from South Korea (Ref. 77001).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 27 - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 17 years (Ref. 56527)
Form schools on rocky and sandy-muddy bottoms (Ref. 559). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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