List of Rockfish (Scorpaenidae) Species


RED CATEGORY
     Weak Head Spines

       Boccacio  (Sebastes paucispinis)
       Chillipeper   (Sebastes goodei)
       Dwarf-red rockfish  (Sebastes rufinanus)
       Halfbanded rockfish  (Sebastes semicinctus)
       Pacific Ocean perch  (Sebastes alutus)
       Redstripe rockfish  (Sebastes proriger)
       Shortbelly rockfish  (Sebastes jordani)
       Yellowmouth rockfish  (Sebastes reedi)

     Strong Head Spines

       Aleutian scorpionfish  (Adelosebastes latens)
       Aurora rockfish  (Sebastes aurora)
       Blackgill rockfish  (Sebastes melanostomus)
       Broadbanded thornyhead  (Sebastolobus macrochir)
       Canary rockfish  (Sebastes pinniger)
       Chameleon rockfish  (Sebastes phillipsi)
       Cowcod  (Sebastes levis)
       Darkblotched rockfish  (Sebastes crameri)
       Harlequin rockfish  (Sebastes variegatus)
       Longspine thornyhead  (Sebastolobus altivelis)
       Mexican rockfish  (Sebastes macdonaldi)
       Rougheye rockfish  (Sebastes aleutianus)
       Semaphore rockfish  (Sebastes melanosema)
       Sharpchin rockfish  (Sebastes zacentrus)
       Shortraker rockfish  (Sebastes borealis)
       Shortspine thornyhead  (Sebastolobus alascanus)
       Splitnose rockfish  (Sebastes diploproa)
       Stripetail rockfish  (Sebastes saxicola)
       Vermilion rockfish  (Sebastes miniatus)
       Yelloweye rockfish  (Sebastes ruberrimus)


RED/BLACK CATEGORY

     Weak Head Spines

      Bank rockfish  (Sebastes rufus)
      Northern rockfish  (Sebastes polyspinis)

     Strong Head Spines

     Calico rockfish  (Sebastes dalli)
     Copper rockfish   (Sebastes caurinus)
     Greenstriped rockfish  (Sebastes elongatus)
     Puget Sound rockfish  (Sebastes emphaeus)
     Pygmy rockfish   (Sebastes wilsoni)
    


BLACK CATEGORY
     Weak Head Spines

       Black rockfish  (Sebastes melanops)
       Blue rockfish  (Sebastes mystinus)
       Dark dusky rockfish  (Sebastes sp. cf. ciliatus)
       Gray rockfish  (Sebastes glaucus)
       Light dusky rockfish  (Sebastes ciliatus)
       Olive rockfish  (Sebastes serranoides)
       Silvergray rockfish  (Sebastes brevispinis)
       Speckled rockfish  (Sebastes ovalis)
       Squarespot rockfish  (Sebastes hopkinsi)
       Widow rockfish  (Sebastes entomelas)
       Yellowtail rockfish  (Sebastes flavidus)

     Strong Head Spines

       Black-and-yellow rockfish  (Sebastes chrysomelas)
       Brown rockfish  (Sebastes auriculatus)
       China rockfish  (Sebastes nebulosus)
       Gopher rockfish  (Sebastes carnatus)
       Grass rockfish  (Sebastes rastrelliger)
       Kelp rockfish  (Sebastes atrovirens)
       Quillback rockfish  (Sebastes maliger)


BANDED CATEGORY

     Strong Head Spines

      Redbanded rockfish  (Sebastes babcocki)
      Flag rockfish   (Sebastes rubrivinctus)
      Tiger rockfish  (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
      Treefish  (Sebastes serriceps)


WHITE-SPOTTED RED CATEGORY

     Strong Head Spines

      Bronzespotted rockfish  (Sebastes gilli)
      Freckled rockfish (Sebastes lentiginosus)
      Greenblotched rockfish  (Sebastes rosenblatti)
      Greenspotted rockfish  (Sebastes chlorostictus)
      Honeycomb rockfish  (Sebastes umbrosus)
      Pink rockfish   (Sebastes eos)
      Pinkrose rockfish  (Sebastes simulator)
      Rosethorn rockfish  (Sebastes helvomaculatus)
      Rosy rockfish   (Sebastes rosaceus)
      Southern rockfish  (Sebastes notius)
      Starry rockfish  (Sebastes constellatus)
      Swordspine rockfish  (Sebastes ensifer)

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