Sebastes pinniger, Canary rockfish : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Sebastes pinniger (Gill, 1864)

Canary rockfish
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US America (contiguous states) territory information

Common names: Canary rockfish, Orange rockfish, Rockfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 6793, 11366, 45591, 95450, 95452, 5483. In range Ref. 6885.
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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); pinniger: From the Latin pinna and gero, connoting 'fin' and 'to bear' (Ref. 27436).
More on author: Gill.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 838 m (Ref. 55644), usually 90 - 270 m (Ref. 36715). Subtropical; 5°C - 26°C (Ref. 131079); 61°N - 31°N, 154°W - 116°W

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Eastern Pacific: south of the Shelikof Strait in the Gulf of Alaska to Cape Colnett, Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 44.0, range 27 - 54 cm
Max length : 76.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3496); max. published weight: 4.5 kg (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 84 years (Ref. 39247)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head spines strong to moderate - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines present, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). Scales on lower jaw embedded; anal fin with a strong anterior slant (Ref. 27437). Caudal fin strongly indented (Ref. 6885). Bright yellow to orange mottled on a gray background; 3 orange stripes across head; fins orange; specimens less than 35.56 cm with dark markings on posterior part of spinous dorsal; gray along lateral line (Ref. 27437).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults hover in loose groups above rocky bottoms (Ref. 27436). Pelagic juveniles are found in shallower water (Ref. 27436). Feed on small fishes and krill (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36715). Validated age by radiometry is 44 yrs (Ref. 49687). Flesh is of good quality (Ref. 27436). Sold as fillets (Ref. 27436).

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Ovoviviparous (Ref. 6885).

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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

  Venomous (Ref. 4690)





Human uses

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.7 - 8.3, mean 5.9 °C (based on 144 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):  3.8   ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=7; tmax=84; Musick et al. 2000 (Ref. 36717); Fec=85,000 (annual fecundity)).
Prior r = 0.20, 95% CL = 0.13 - 0.31, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (62 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.1 [11.8, 124.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.661 [0.265, 1.673] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.3, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.751 [0.329, 1.720] g/100g; Selenium = 106 [39, 337] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.7 [5.7, 45.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.427 [0.216, 0.811] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.