Sebastes flavidus, Yellowtail rockfish : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862)

Yellowtail rockfish
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US America (contiguous states) territory information

Common names: Rockfish, Yellowtail rockfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4925, 6885, 27436, 27437, 95450.
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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: Williams, E.H. and S. Ralston, 2002
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Common names from other countries

Sébaste à queue jaune, Chancharro cola amarilla, Greenie, ... more

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); flavidus: From the Latin flavidus, meaning 'yellow' (Ref. 27436).
More on author: Ayres.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 549 m (Ref. 6793), usually 24 - 46 m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 62°N - 32°N, 167°W - 117°W

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Northeast Pacific: Unalaska Island, Alaska to San Diego, California, USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 36.0, range 27 - 42 cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4925); max. published weight: 2.5 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 64 years (Ref. 39247)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Head spines weak - nasals present, preocular and parietal spines usually absent, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, coronal and nuchal spines absent (Ref. 27437). May have a prominent symphyseal knob; posterior edge of anal fin vertical (Ref. 27436). Caudal fin nearly truncate but slightly forked (Ref. 6885). Olive green to greenish brown with some light mottling dorsally, light ventrally; fins yellowish green, ventral fins often tinged in orange (Ref. 27436).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Form schools in open water along steeply sloping shores or above rocky reefs; also holes up amid cracks and crevices of the sea floor (Ref. 27436). Juveniles found around floats and pilings (Ref. 27436). Feed on pelagic crustaceans, fishes and squids (Ref. 6885). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Filleted, then sold fresh or frozen, with other rockfishes (Ref. 27436).

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Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby, 1961. Fishes of the Pacific coast of Canada. 2nd ed. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Bull. (68):443 p. (Ref. 4925)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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): 4.2 - 11.4, mean 7.5 °C (based on 44 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00495 - 0.02022), 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):  4.2   ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.16; tm=6-7; tmax=64).
Prior r = 0.26, 95% CL = 0.17 - 0.40, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 6.46 [2.45, 19.19] mg/100g; Iron = 0.123 [0.048, 0.292] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.815 [0.305, 2.162] g/100g; Selenium = 28.4 [10.2, 86.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 74.9 [24.9, 241.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.301 [0.155, 0.544] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.