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Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Timothy Hopkins (1859–1936) was an American philanthropist who financed several expeditions, including the one to Japan where Jordan collected the jawfish holotype. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 18 - 183 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 39°N - 26°N, 124°W - 113°W
Eastern Pacific: Farallon Islands (off San Francisco) in California, USA to central Baja California and Guadalupe Island (off north central Baja California) in Mexico; rare north of Monterey Bay, California.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 16.0, range 17 - 21 cm
Max length : 29.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 19 years (Ref. 39273)
Inhabit shallow reefs (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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