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(Red rockfishes with strong head spines) |
Canary rockfish |
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Body color: Olive-gray w/ bright orange, fins orange. (Also see above underwater photo.) |
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| Maximum length: 30 in (76 cm) | Peritoneum color: light |
| Maximum depth: 200 fm (102 m) | Shape between eyes: convex |
| Common depth: 27-137 fm (50-250 m) | Counts:
D:XIII,13-16, Ar:7, P1:16-18, GR:40-45, LLp:39-47, LLs:43-50, V:26 |
Vermilion RF - body and fins red; underside of lower jaw rough w/ exposed scales (jaw smooth in Canary RF); gillrakers 35-43 (41-45 in Canary RF).
Yelloweye RF - head spines rugose; body orange-red to orange-yellow w/out olive-gray mottling; anal-fin margin rounded.
Rougheye RF, Shortraker RF, and Blackgill RF - body red w/ various black mottling; 0-8 spines below eye; anal-fin margin perpendicular.
Distribution: Gulf of Alaska - Baja California