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The canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), also known as the orange rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America.
The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age. As they grow older, they change in color, from reddish in youth, to bright orange in adulthood, to pale yellow in old age. Yelloweye live in rocky areas and feed on small fish and other rockfish.
Sebastes miniatus, the vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, red rock cod, and rasher, [2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America from Baja California to Alaska.
Sebastes is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch , sea perch or redfish instead.
School of salmon. Alaska is home to five species of salmon: The chum salmon, which is banded green, yellow, and purple with a white tip on the anal fin, sockeye salmon, a deep red salmon with a white mouth, coho salmon, a maroon salmon with black spots, the Chinook salmon, also called the "king salmon", has a black gum line and black mouth and ...
Bocaccio rockfish Sebastes paucispinis, JF BB SG NS SS HC; Redstripe rockfish Sebastes proriger, JF SJ BB SG NS SS HC; Canary rockfish Sebastes pinniger, JF SJ BB SG NS SS HC; Rosy rockfish Sebastes rosaceus, JF NS; Yelloweye rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus, JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC; Stripetail rockfish Sebastes saxicola, JF SG NS SS HC
Half of the fish are sexually mature 7.6 years at 27.7 cm (10.9 in), younger than those in the Gulf of Alaska. [6] Northern rockfish feed mainly on krill with copepods, hermit crabs, and shrimp forming a minor components of their diet. [5]
Sebastes melanostictus is similar to the rougheye rockfish and both these species have eight pairs of spines on the head plus at least two infraorbital spines. [3] The dorsal fin has 12-14 spines and 12-15 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 7 or 8 soft rays. [1]